Relative contributions of childcare, spousal support, and organizational support in reducing work-family conflict for men and women: The case of Turkey

Sex Roles

Volumn 53, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 453-471

  Aycan, Zeynep ^a   Eskin, Mehmet ^b  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Men and women; Social support; Turkey; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844490232     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-005-7134-8     Document Type: Article

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