The impact of cultural context on the perception of work/family balance by professional women in Singapore and Hong Kong

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The impact of cultural context on the perception of work/family balance by professional women in Singapore and Hong Kong

‘Work/family balance’ has recently come to the fore in public policy debate and academic inquiry across the industrialized world. However, this issue has been relatively under-explored in the context of Asian business and society. This paper reports the results of a qualitative, exploratory investig...

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Main Authors:	Thein, Htwe Htwe, Austen, Siobhan, Currie, J., Lewin, E.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Sage Publications 2010
Subjects:	work family balance coping strategy Confucianism women in Asia Asian culture
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/44971

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