Work/family border theory and gender role orientation in male managers

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 659-671

  Donald, Fiona ^a   Linington, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Border theory; Gender role orientation; Life satisfaction; Male managers; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 58549105933     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630803800406     Document Type: Article

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