Work-family balance of Indian women software professionals: A qualitative study

IIMB Management Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-50

  Valk, Reimara ^a   Srinivasan, Vasanthi ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT BANGALORE   (India)

Author keywords

India; Software; Women; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953028600     PISSN: 09703896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iimb.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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