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Article in Psychology
Advances in Developing
Human Resources http://adh.sagepub.com/ Examining the Relationship Between Work/Life Conflict and Life
Satisfaction in Executives: The Importance of Problem-Solving Coping
Interventions and HRD
Heather S. McMillan and Michael Lane Morris
Advances in Developing Human Resources 2012 14: 640 originally published online 20
August 2012
DOI: 10.1177/1523422312455626
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455626 nces in Developing Human ResourcesMcMillan and Morris

ADHR14410.1177/1523422312455626Adva

Examining the Relationship
Between Work/Life Conflict and Life Satisfaction in
Executives: The Importance of Problem-Solving Coping
Interventions and HRD

Advances in Developing Human
Resources
14(4) 640­–663
© 2012 SAGE Publications
Reprints and permission: sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1177/1523422312455626 http://adhr.sagepub.com Heather S. McMillan1 and Michael Lane Morris2

Abstract
The Problem.
Determining “what” and “how” people are satisfied personally and with work has become an ongoing stream of research for both academics and practitioners. Yet research has contributed to confusing the issue and has


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