Returning too soon? Australian mothers' satisfaction with maternity leave duration

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 288-302

  Whitehouse, Gillian ^a   Hosking, Amanda ^a   Baird, Marian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Maternity leave; Optimal leave duration; Paid leave; Policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53949108132     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411108095760.     Document Type: Conference Paper

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