Family-friendly organizations?: Work and family programs in the 1990s

Work and Occupations

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-223

  Davis, Amy E ^a   Kalleberg, Arne L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina ^*

Author keywords

Economic theory; Family friendly employment practices; Institutional theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645524168     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405280446     Document Type: Article

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