Work-Family Balance, Well-Being, and Organizational Outcomes: Investigating Actual Versus Desired Work/Family Time Discrepancies

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 331-343

  Odle Dusseau, Heather N ^a   Britt, Thomas W ^b   Bobko, Philip ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual desired discrepancy; Organizational commitment; Well being; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865414527     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9246-1     Document Type: Article

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