Social support (family and supervisor), work-family conflict, and burnout: Sex differences

Human Relations

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 811-833

  Blanch, Angel ^a   Aluja, Anton ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

burnout; sex differences; social support; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863223429     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726712440471     Document Type: Article

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