The work-family interface: Differentiating balance and fit

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-140

  Clarke, Maribeth C ^a   Koch, Laura C ^a   Hill, E Jeffrey ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Marital satisfaction; Work family balance; Work family conflict; Work family fit

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745313559     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X04269610     Document Type: Article

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