Work-life initiatives and organizational change: Overcoming mixed messages to move from the margin to the mainstream

Human Relations

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-19

  Kossek, Ellen Ernst ^a   Lewis, Suzan ^b   Hammer, Leslie B ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Mainstreaming; Organizational change; Work family; Work family conflict; Work life

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949376113     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709352385     Document Type: Article

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