Working hours and personal preference among Taiwanese employees

International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-256

  Lu, Luo ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hours of work; Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Taiwan; Work to family conflict (WFC)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; JOB SATISFACTION; JOB STRESS; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 80053648813     PISSN: 17538351     EISSN: 1753836X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538351111172608     Document Type: Article

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