Work-self balance: A longitudinal study on the effects of job demands and resources on personal functioning in Japanese working parents

Work and Stress

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 223-243

  Demerouti, Evangelia ^a   Shimazu, Akihito ^b   Bakker, Arnold B ^c   Shimada, Kyoko ^b   Kawakami, Norito ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conflict; facilitation; happiness; Japanese; psychological distress; work family interface; work related stress; work self interface

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881027637     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2013.812353     Document Type: Article

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