Work-family conflict, enrichment, and balance under "levels" and "episodes" approaches

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 68-98

  Maertz Jr , Carl P ^a   Boyar, Scott L ^b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Conflict; Enrichment; Episodes; Work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650355368     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310382455     Document Type: Article

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