Support for the work-life balance in europe: The impact of state, workplace and family support on work-life balance satisfaction

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-256

  Abendroth, Anja Kristin ^a   den Dulk, Laura ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; service sector; work life balance satisfaction; work life support

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959346349     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017011398892     Document Type: Article

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