A short and valid measure of work-family enrichment

Journal of Occupational Health Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-45

  Kacmar, K Michele ^a   Crawford, Wayne S ^a   Carlson, Dawn S ^b   Ferguson, Merideth ^c   Whitten, Dwayne ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scale reduction; Scale validation; Work family enrichment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FAMILY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIKERT SCALE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; WORK; WORK FAMILY CONFLICT; WORK FAMILY ENRICHMENT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFFECT; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROLE;

EID: 84893519148     PISSN: 10768998     EISSN: 19391307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0035123     Document Type: Article

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