Exploring domestic partnership benefits policies in corporate America

Journal of Homosexuality

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 21-44

  Davison, Elizabeth L ^a   Rouse, Joy ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic partnership benefits; Fortune 500 companies; Isomorphism Organizational Theory; Organizational behavior; Social change; Social movement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; COMMERCE; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE BENEFITS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PENSIONS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 15244351421     PISSN: 00918369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J082v48n02_02     Document Type: Article

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