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Who's got the balance? A study of satisfaction with the work–family balance among part-time service sector employees in five western European countries

Barbara Beham Faculty of Business & Economics, Institute of Management, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Patrick Präg ICS/University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Sonja Drobnič University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Pages 3725-3741 | Received 20 Jul 2011, Accepted 14 Nov 2011, Published online: 06 Feb 2012

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