Work-family relations in transnational perspective: A view from high-tech firms in India and the United States

Social Problems

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 122-146

  Poster, Winifred R ^a   Prasad, Srirupa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 14544279696     PISSN: 00377791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sp.2005.52.1.122     Document Type: Review

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