Working parents' use of work-life policies

Sociologia, Problemas e Praticas

Volumn 53, Issue , 2007, Pages 51-70

  Den Dulk, Laura ^a   Peper, Bram ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Organizational culture; Policy utilization; Work life balance; Work life policies; Working parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249141253     PISSN: 08736529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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