Does work-family conflict mediate the relationship between job schedule demands and burnout in male construction professionals and managers?

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 733-745

  Lingard, Helen ^a,b,c   Francis, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Queensland University of Technology ^*  (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Men; Schedule inflexibility; Wellbeing; Work hours; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGERS; SCHEDULING; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

BURNOUT; CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS; JOB SCHEDULE DEMANDS; WELLBEING; WORK HOURS; WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; STRESS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 25844432879     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01446190500040836     Document Type: Article

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