Work-family conflicts experienced by project managers in the Chinese construction industry

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-128

  Liu, Jun Ying ^a   Low, Sui Pheng ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; Project managers; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR-BASED; CHINA; CHINESE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGERS; FAMILY LIFE; MULTI-ITEM; PROJECT MANAGERS; PROJECT OBJECTIVES; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK-FAMILY CONFLICT;

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MANAGERS; SURVEYS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CHINA;

EID: 78650810989     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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