Equipping managers to assist employees in addressing work-family conflict: Applying the research literature toward innovative practice

Psychologist-Manager Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-85

  Major, Debra A ^a   Lauzun, Heather M ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79851493977     PISSN: 10887156     EISSN: 15503461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10887151003761275     Document Type: Review

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