Paid time off as a vehicle for self-definition and sensemaking

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 23, Issue , 2002, Pages 489-509

  Ford, Lucy R ^a   Locke, Karen ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 0142123255     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.152     Document Type: Article

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