The impact of cultural context on the perception of work/family balance by professional women in Singapore and Hong Kong

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 303-320

  Thein, Htwe Htwe ^a   Austen, Siobhan ^a   Currie, Janice ^a   Lewin, Erica ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian culture; Confucianism; coping strategy; women in Asia; work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650912780     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595810384585     Document Type: Article

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