Quality of work life as a mediator between emotional labor and work family interference

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 245-255

  Cheung, Francis Yue Lok ^a   Tang, Catherine So Kum ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emotional labor; Quality of work life; Work family interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350622984     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-009-9103-7     Document Type: Article

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