Dual sources of support for dual roles: how mentoring and work-family culture influence work-family conflict and job attitudes

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1435-1453

  de Janasz, Suzanne ^a   Behson, Scott J ^b   Jonsen, Karsten ^a   Lankau, Melenie J ^c  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

^b FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

affective commitment; job satisfaction; mentoring; work family conflict; work family culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874415215     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.709187     Document Type: Article

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