The adoption of family-friendly practices in family-owned firms: Paragon or paradox?

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-249

  Moshavi, Dan ^a   Koch, Marianne J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family owned firms; Work family practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944455645     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800500142210     Document Type: Article

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