Attitudinal and behavioral consequences of work-family conflict and family-work conflict: Does gender matter?

International Journal of Service Industry Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-31

  Yavas, Ugur ^a   Babakus, Emin ^b   Karatepe, Osman M ^c  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Family; Gender; Hotels; Role conflicts; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849136483     PISSN: 09564233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09564230810855699     Document Type: Article

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