Organizational interventions for balancing work and home demands: An overview

Work and Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-297

  Brough, Paula ^a   O'Driscoll, Michael P ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Action research; Interventions; Organizational culture; Work life balance; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649717048     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2010.506808     Document Type: Article

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