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The Impact of Co-workers on Work-to-Family Enrichment and Organizational Outcomes

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Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research

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This research was conducted as part of a doctoral dissertation by the second author supervised by the first author. A previous version of this study was presented at the 3rd IESE International Conference on Work and Family, Barcelona, Spain, July 2009. We thank Evangelia Demerouti and Jeffrey Greenhaus for their valuable comments on this manuscript.

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Korabik, K., Warner, M. (2013). The Impact of Co-workers on Work-to-Family Enrichment and Organizational Outcomes. In: Poelmans, S., Greenhaus, J.H., Maestro, M.L.H. (eds) Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137006004_12

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