Family-friendly management, organizational performance and social legitimacy

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1575-1597

  Wood, Stephen J ^a   de Menezes, Lilian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Family friendly management; High commitment management; High involvement management; Institutional theory; Organizational commitment; Organizational performance; Social exchange theory; Social legitimacy; Work family practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956532405     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.500484     Document Type: Article

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