Work-family conflict and job satisfaction in stressful working environments: The moderating roles of perceived supervisor support and internal locus of control

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-248

  Hsu, Yu Ru ^a  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Conflict; Family life; Job satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955933741     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721111130224     Document Type: Article

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