Connecting workg-family policies to supportive work environments

Group and Organization Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-240

  Cook, Alison ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational support; Supervisory support; Workg family policies; Workg life policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349099415     PISSN: 10596011     EISSN: 15523993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059601108330091     Document Type: Article

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