Work-family conflict of women entrepreneurs in Singapore

Women in Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 204-221

  Lee Siew Kim, Jean ^a   Seow Ling, Choo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conflict; Entrepreneurialism; Job satisfaction; Singapore; Stress; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031662     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420110395692     Document Type: Article

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