Is work’family balance more than conflict and enrichment?

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1459-1486

  Carlson, Dawn S ^a   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^b   Zivnuska, Suzanne ^c  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

balance; balance measure; conflict; enrichment; measurement; web based survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950750028     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709336500     Document Type: Article

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