The role of employers in addressing the needs of employed parents

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 111-136

  Galinsky, Ellen ^a,c,d,e,f   Bond, James T ^a,g,h,i,j   Friedman, Dana E ^{a,b,e,k,l,m,n,o,p}  

^a Families and Work Institute

^b Corporate Family Solutions ^*

^c Families and Work Institute   (United States)

^d VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^e Bank Street College of Education ^*

^f United States Department of Labor   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals

ⁱ Natl Cncl of Jewish Women's Center

^j High Scope Educational Research Foundation   (United States)

^k Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

^l UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^m HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁿ Family Information Center

^o Carnegie Corporation   (United States)

^p Day Care Council of America

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EID: 0001047549     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1996.tb01582.x     Document Type: Article

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