Development and validation of a multidimensional measure of family supportive supervisor behaviors (FSSB)

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 837-856

  Hammer, Leslie B ^a   Kossek, Ellen Ernst ^b   Yragui, Nanette L ^c   Bodner, Todd E ^a   Hanson, Ginger C ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SHARP Program   (Australia)

Author keywords

Measurement development; Supervisor support; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249099957     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308328510     Document Type: Article

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