The tug of work and family: Direct and indirect domain-specific determinants of work-family conflict

Personnel Review

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 502-522

  Fu, Carmen K ^a   Shaffer, Margaret A ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conflict; Family life; Gender; Hong Kong; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844295080     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005936     Document Type: Article

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