Coping with work-family conflicts in the global career context

Thunderbird International Business Review

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 365-375

  Mäkelä, Liisa ^a   Suutari, Vesa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VAASA   (Finland)

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EID: 79954539905     PISSN: 10964762     EISSN: 15206874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tie.20414     Document Type: Article

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