Line manager involvement in work-life balance and career development: Can't manage, won't manage?

British Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 345-364

  Dick, Penny ^a   Hyde, Rosie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746219547     PISSN: 03069885     EISSN: 14693534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03069880600769480     Document Type: Article

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