The initial assignment effect: Local employer practices and positive career outcomes for work-family program users

American Sociological Review

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-319

  Briscoe, Forrest ^a   Kellogg, Katherine C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

equal opportunity; law; organizations; social capital; work hours; work family

Indexed keywords

REGULATORY APPROACH; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 79954534264     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: 19398271     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003122411401250     Document Type: Article

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