The moderating effect of work-family centrality on work-family conflict, organizational attitudes, and turnover behavior

Journal of Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 244-262

  Carr, Jon C ^a   Boyar, Scott B ^b   Gregory, Brian T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational attitudes; Organizational retention; Work family centrality; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749121311     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206307309262     Document Type: Article

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