Work-Family Conflict as a Cause for Turnover Intentions in the Hospitality Industry

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 269-285

  Blomme, Robert J ^a   Van Rheede, Arjan ^a   Tromp, Debbie M ^a  

^a The Hotelschool The Hague   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

gender; organizational support; turnover intentions; work family conflict; workplace flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957578403     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/thr.2010.15     Document Type: Article

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