Is There a Downside to Schedule Control for the Work-Family Interface?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1391-1414

  Schieman, Scott ^a   Young, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

job demands; role blurring; schedule control; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956242181     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X10361866     Document Type: Article

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