Career, family and work environment determinants of organizational commitment among women in the Australian construction industry

Construction Management and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 409-420

  Lingard, Helen ^a   Lin, Jasmine ^a  

^a ARK Consulting Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career; Construction; Organizational commitment; Women; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PERSONNEL; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENVIRONMENT DETERMINANTS; QUASTIONNARIES;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2942703857     PISSN: 01446193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0144619032000122186     Document Type: Article

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