Managers dealing with work-family-conflict: An explorative analysis

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 440-461

  Kasper, Helmut ^a   Meyer, Meyer ^a   Schmidt, Angelika ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Family; Job satisfaction; Lifestyles; Managers; Role conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 21744439175     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940510602978     Document Type: Article

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