How do people with different attachment styles balance work and family? A personality perspective on work-family linkage

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 653-663

  Sumer, H Canan ^a   Knight, Patrick A ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85047685470     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.86.4.653     Document Type: Article

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