Employee characteristics associated with the provision of work-family policies and programs

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 563-577

  Bardoel, E Anne ^a   Moss, Simon A ^a   Smyrnios, Kosmas ^a   Tharenou, Phyllis ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Demographics; Family life; Human resource management; Labour market

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033483734     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729910302741     Document Type: Review

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