Work–life balance: A longitudinal evaluation of a new measure across Australia and New Zealand workers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 2724-2744

  Brough, Paula ^a   Timms, Carolyn ^b   O’Driscoll, Michael P ^c   Kalliath, Thomas ^d   Siu, Oi Ling ^e   Sit, Cindy ^f   Lo, Danny ^g  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g XI AN JIAOTONG LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Psychological strain; Structural equation modelling; Turnover; Work demands; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897124166     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2014.899262     Document Type: Article

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