Nonstandard work schedules and partnership quality: Quantitative and qualitative findings

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 860-875

  Mills, Melinda ^a   Täht, Kadri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conflict; Marital quality; Marital satisfaction; Nonstandard work schedules; Work hours; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955140808     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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