African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4194

Full Length Research Paper

Developing an instrument to assess work-family pressures and resources needed by women managers in South Africa

Leopold Petrus Vermeulen
  • Leopold Petrus Vermeulen
  • Department of Human Resource Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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Olubukunola Akinnusi Sonubi
  • Olubukunola Akinnusi Sonubi
  • Department of Human Resource Management, College of Technology, Swaziland.
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  •  Received: 07 March 2014
  •  Accepted: 20 February 2015
  •  Published: 28 February 2015

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