Who is a good organizational citizen? Social perception of male and female employees who use family leave

Sex Roles

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 233-246

  Wayne, Julie Holliday ^a,c   Cordeiro, Bryanne L ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family leave; Gender role stereotypes; Organizational citizenship

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042229149     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024600323316     Document Type: Review

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