Work-Family Conflict in Sri Lanka: Negotiations of Exchange Relationships in Family and at Work

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 790-813

  Kailasapathy, Pavithra ^a   Metz, Isabel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY STRUCTURE; GENDER ROLE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84871110675     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2012.01776.x     Document Type: Article

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