Boss and parent, employee and child: Work-family roles and deviant behavior in the family firm

Family Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 457-471

  Cooper, Joseph T ^a   Kidwell, Roland E ^a   Eddleston, Kimberly A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family relationships; Family stress and conflict; Family work issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884298612     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fare.12012     Document Type: Article

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