Perceived Versus Used Workplace Flexibility in Singapore: Predicting Work-Family Fit

Journal of Family Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 774-783

  Jones, Blake L ^a   Scoville, D Phillip ^a   Hill, E Jeffrey ^a   Childs, Geniel ^a   Leishman, Joan M ^a   Nally, Kathryn S ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

job satisfaction; marital satisfaction; perceived workplace flexibility; used workplace flexibility; work family fit

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SATISFACTION; SINGAPORE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SINGAPORE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 54849404924     PISSN: 08933200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013181     Document Type: Article

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