Domain Satisfaction as a Mediator of the Relationship Between Work–Family Spillover and Subjective Well-Being: A Longitudinal Study

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 445-457

  Cho, Eunae ^a   Tay, Louis ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Life satisfaction; Longitudinal; Marital satisfaction; Work family spillover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946123781     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-015-9423-8     Document Type: Article

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