Negotiating maternity leave expectations: Perceived tensions between ethics of justice and care

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-349

  Liu, Meina ^a   Buzzanell, Patrice M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Gender communication; Maternity leave; Negotiation; Superior subordinate communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746877958     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021943604268174     Document Type: Review

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