Exploring the relationship between mission statements and work-life practices in organizations

Organization Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 427-450

  Blair Loy, Mary ^a   Wharton, Amy S ^b   Goodstein, Jerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

institutionalization; mission statements; work life practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953041129     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610397480     Document Type: Article

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