Family responsive policies and employee retention following childbirth

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1401-1435

  Glass, Jennifer L ^a   Riley, Lisa ^b  

^a E11 SSH   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032382240     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/76.4.1401     Document Type: Article

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