Identifying the family, job, and workplace characteristics of employees who use work-family benefits

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 217-225

  Secret, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employee benefits; Work and family issues; Workplace policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034164110     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00217.x     Document Type: Article

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