The adoption of family-friendly HRM policies: Competing for scarce resources in the labour market

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 128-147

  Poelmans, Steven A Y ^a   Chinchilla, Nuria ^a   Cardona, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Commitment; Conflict; Family life; Policy; Spain; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038407553     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720310475394     Document Type: Article

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