The organizational stratification of opportunities for work-life balance: Addressing issues of equality and social justice in the workplace

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-195

  Lambert, Susan J ^a   Haley Lock, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Internal labor markets; Lower skilled jobs; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 23344453192     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1366880042000245461     Document Type: Article

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