Reducing the effects of work-family conflict on job satisfaction: The kind of commitment matters

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 91-108

  Buonocore, Filomena ^a   Russo, Marcello ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 84871975843     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00187.x     Document Type: Article

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