Examining the Relationships Between Personality, Coping Strategies, and Work-Family Conflict

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 517-530

  Baltes, Boris B ^a   Zhdanova, Ludmila S ^b   Clark, Malissa A ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Personality; Stress; Work family conflict; Work family interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855140417     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-010-9207-0     Document Type: Article

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