Work-Family Conflict: Experiences and Health Implications Among Immigrant Latinos

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1119-1130

  Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Marín, Antonio ^a   Carrillo, Lourdes ^b   Burke, Bless ^b   Coates, Michael L ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Centro Latino of Caldwell County   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; immigrant workers; job demands; quantitative qualitative design; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CULTURE; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34548830147     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.1119     Document Type: Article

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