Work and family balance through equal employment opportunity programmes and agreement making in Australia

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 415-430

  Burgess, John ^a   Henderson, Lindy ^a   Strachan, Glenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Equal opportunities; Family friendly organizations; Women workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547352271     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710759235     Document Type: Article

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