Do recovery experiences moderate the relationship between workload and work-family conflict?

Career Development International

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 686-702

  Molino, Monica ^a   Cortese, Claudio G ^a   Bakker, Arnold B ^b,c   Ghislieri, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Psychological well being; Recovery experiences; Work family conflict; Workload

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947268559     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/CDI-01-2015-0011     Document Type: Article

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