Family-friendly employment practices: Importance and effects in India, Kenya, and China

Advances in International Management

Volumn 21, Issue , 2008, Pages 235-265

  Wang, Peng ^a   Lawler, John J ^a   Shi, Kan ^a   Walumbwa, Fred ^a   Piao, Ming ^a  

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EID: 45849104217     PISSN: 15715027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1571-5027(08)00010-7     Document Type: Review

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