Determinants of employee participation in organizations' family-friendly programs: A multi-level approach

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-122

  Swody, Cathleen A ^a,b   Powell, Gary N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Leadership Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Family friendly; Multi level; Work family programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548988438     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-007-9057-6     Document Type: Article

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