Work-family conflict in four national contexts: A closer look at the role of individualism-collectivism

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 139-159

  Billing, Tejinder K ^a   Bhagat, Rabi ^b   Babakus, Emin ^b   Srivastava, B N ^c   Shin, Mansoo ^d   Brew, Fran ^e  

^a ROWAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural variations; individualism collectivism; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84909630121     PISSN: 14705958     EISSN: 17412838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1470595813502780     Document Type: Article

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