Work-family conflict in East vs western countries

Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-49

  Hassan, Zaiton ^a   Dollard, Maureen F ^b   Winefield, Anthony H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Employee behaviour; Family life; Job satisfaction; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952057111     PISSN: 13527606     EISSN: 17586089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13527601011016899     Document Type: Article

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