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  • Research of Work-Family Balance Based on Family Life Cycle  [HREM 2016]
  • DOI: 10.4236/jss.2016.411018   PP.218 - 224
  • Author(s)
  • Shumin Yan, Yiwen Zhou
  • ABSTRACT
  • This study examined the effect of different stages of Chinese family life cycle on work-family balance and the moderating effect of gender by using a sample of 352 employees in China. Reference to scholars in the division of the family life cycle, the study of the family life cycle is divided into six stages. We predicted and found that the family life cycle is significantly different in the effect of work-family enrichment and conflict.
  • KEYWORDS
  • Family Life Cycle, Work-Family Conflict, Work-Family Enrichment
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