Crossover of positive experiences from business travelers to their spouses

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-284

  Westman, Mina ^a   Etzion, Dalia ^a   Chen, Shoshi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Business travel; Employee behaviour; Family life; Spouses; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 67449144480     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940910939340     Document Type: Article

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