WorkFamily Boundary Dynamics

Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 99-121

  Allen, Tammy D ^a   Cho, Eunae ^b   Meier, Laurenz L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Border theory; Boundary management; Boundary theory; Flexibility; Workfamily conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930897847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23270608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-031413-091330     Document Type: Review

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