Gaps between managers' and employees' perceptions of work-life balance

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 645-661

  Sánchez Vidal, Msupasup Eugenia ^a   Cegarra Leiva, David ^b   Cegarra Navarro, Juan Gabriel ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

perception gap; usage; work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855865839     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.561219     Document Type: Article

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