Managing multiple roles: Work-family policies and individuals' desires for segmentation

Organization Science

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 243-258

  Rothbard, Nancy P ^a   Phillips, Katherine W ^b   Dumas, Tracy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integration; Job satisfaction; Organizational commitment; Person organization fit; Segmentation; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544475319     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1050.0124     Document Type: Article

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