Perspectives on work-family issues in China: The voices of young urban professionals

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-212

  Coffey, Betty S ^a   Anderson, Stella E ^a   Zhao, Shuming ^b   Liu, Yongqiang ^c   Zhang, Jiyuan ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

China; Work family conflict; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449688325     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902778967     Document Type: Article

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