Managing work-life conflict among information technology workers

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-451

  Messersmith, Jake ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 34748877243     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20172     Document Type: Article

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