Work–family boundary management styles in organizations: A cross-level model

Organizational Psychology Review

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-171

  Kossek, Ellen Ernst ^a   Lautsch, Brenda A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family boundary management, work; Family conflict, work; Family culture; Family identities, organizational work; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862308862     PISSN: 20413866     EISSN: 20413874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2041386611436264     Document Type: Article

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