We are family: Congruity between organizational and family functioning constructs

Human Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 141-161

  Brotheridge, Céleste M ^a,b   Lee, Raymond T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Organizational Behavior Division of the Administrative Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family metaphor; Organizational climate; Organizational culture; Organizational development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645682299     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726706062761     Document Type: Review

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