The "bright side" of the work-family interface: A brief work-family enrichment scale in a sample of health professionals

TPM - Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 211-230

  Ghislieri, Chiara ^a   Martini, Mara ^a   Gatti, Paola ^a   Colombo, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health professionals; Measurement issues; Scale development.; Work family conflict; Work family enrichment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861564114     PISSN: 19726325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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