Work Pressure, Workplace Social Resources, and Work-Family Conflict: The Tale of Two Sectors

International Journal of Stress Management

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-311

  Dolcos, Sanda M ^a   Daley, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

private sector; public sector; work pressure; work resources; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149109827     PISSN: 10725245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017319     Document Type: Article

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