Testing the mediation of work-family balance in the relationship between work-family conflict and job and family satisfaction

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 218-231

  Pattusamy, Murugan ^a   Jacob, Jayanth ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Family satisfaction; job satisfaction; work family balance; work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 84968764377     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: 2078208X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0081246315608527     Document Type: Article

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