Management practices, work - Life balance, and productivity: A review of some recent evidence

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 457-482

  Bloom, Nick ^a   Van Reenen, John ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); GLOBALIZATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; TRADE-OFF;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GERMANY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845445538     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj027     Document Type: Review

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