Toward understanding employee reluctance to participate in family-friendly programs

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 337-351

  Veiga, John F ^a   Baldridge, David C ^b   Eddleston, Kimberly A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributive justice; Family friendly programs; Help seeking; Planned behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 22944435171     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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