Work-Life Balance Support in the Public Sector in Europe

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 384-405

  den Dulk, Laura ^a   Groeneveld, Sandra ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cross national research; Europe; public sector; work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887277310     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: 1552759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X12449024     Document Type: Article

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