Work-family conflict across the lifespan

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 761-780

  Huffman, Ann ^a   Culbertson, Satoris S ^b   Henning, Jaime B ^c   Goh, Adrian ^d  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age groups; Attitudes; Work family issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889020341     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-07-2013-0220     Document Type: Article

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