Work-family conflict and synergy among Hispanics

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 705-735

  Beutell, Nicholas J ^a   Schneer, Joy A ^b  

^a IONA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; Ethnic groups; Gender differences; Hispanics; Job demands resources; Job satisfaction; Non Hispanic whites; Personal health; Turnover; Work family conflict; Work family synergy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927523159     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JMP-11-2012-0342     Document Type: Article

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