The commuter family as a geographical adaptive strategy for the work-family balance

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-354

  van der Klis, Marjolijn ^a   Karsten, Lia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commuter family; Family adaptive strategy; Incongruity of geographical scales; Mobility; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449623075     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902966372     Document Type: Article

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