Explaining organizational responsiveness to work-family issues: The role of human resource executives as issue interpreters

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 580-592

  Milliken, Frances J ^a   Martins, Luis L ^a   Morgan, Hal ^a  

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EID: 0032220448     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256944     Document Type: Article

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