Work-life balance for early career Canadian psychologists in professional programs

Canadian Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 74-82

  Lee, Catherine M ^a,b,c   Reissing, Elke D ^a,b,c   Dobson, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CALGARY HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic 2009 canadian psychological association; Early career; Professional psychology; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449097901     PISSN: 07085591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013871     Document Type: Article

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