Work- and family-related variables, work-family conflict and women's well-being: Some observations

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-319

  Noor, Noraini M ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Distress; Personality; job satisfaction; Well being; Work and family related variables; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344452955     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880032000143474     Document Type: Article

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