The meaning of work/Life: A corporate ideology of work/life balance

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-246

  Hoffman, Mary F ^a   Cowan, Renee L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical Organizational Studies; Organizational Rhetoric; Work Life Balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953968225     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370802251053     Document Type: Article

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