Exploring the paradox

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 475-493

  Allard, Karin ^a   Haas, Linda ^b,c   Hwang, C Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Gö Teborg University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Border theory; Fathers; Flextime; Managers; Sweden; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049029029     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800701575135     Document Type: Article

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