Telecommuting's differential impact on work-family conflict: Is there no place like home?

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1340-1350

  Golden, Timothy D ^a,c   Veiga, John F ^b   Simsek, Zeki ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Telecommuting; Telework; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33750975086     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.91.6.1340     Document Type: Article

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