The impact of work-life programs on firm productivity

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1225-1237

  Konrad, Alison M ^a   Mangel, Robert ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Firm productivity; Strategic human resource management; Work life programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001590884     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0266(200012)21:12<1225::AID-SMJ135>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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