Work and Personal Life Boundary Management: Boundary Strength, Work/Personal Life Balance, and the Segmentation-Integration Continuum

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 365-375

  Bulger, Carrie A ^a   Matthews, Russell A ^b   Hoffman, Mark E ^a  

^a QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary management; boundary theory; cluster analysis; work family interface; work life balance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRENGTH; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FAMILY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 35649023636     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.12.4.365     Document Type: Article

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