Spousal support and work-family balance in launching a family business

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1098-1121

  Gudmunson, Clinton G ^a   Danes, Sharon M ^a   Werbel, James D ^b   Loy, Johnben Teik Cheok ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business launch; Conservation of Resources theory; Family business; Spousal support; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149092292     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09333758     Document Type: Article

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