The blame game: Exploring the nature and correlates of attributions following work-family conflict

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 499-525

  Poposki, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affect; attribution; emotion; role interference; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960126634     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601111408898     Document Type: Article

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