Organizational Size and Work-Family Issues

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-126

  MacDermid, Shelley M ^a   Litchfield, Leon C ^b   Pitt Catsouphes, Marcie ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0033478512     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000271629956200108     Document Type: Article

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