Social Support and Job Satisfaction: Elaborating the Mediating Role of Work-Family Interface

Current Psychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 781-790

  Zhang, Li ^a   Lin, Yuchuan ^a   Wan, Fang ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Social support; Work to family conflict; Work to family facilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953357019     PISSN: 10461310     EISSN: 19364733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12144-014-9290-x     Document Type: Article

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