What about us? Measuring the work-life balance of people who do not have children

Review of European Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 3-17

  Waumsley, Julie A ^a   Houston, Diane M ^b   Marks, Gillian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family work conflict; Measurement; Scale; Work family conflict; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860387589     PISSN: 19187173     EISSN: 19187181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/res.v2n2p3     Document Type: Article

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