The decision to outsource child care in households engaged in a family business

Family Business Review

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 269-281

  Haynes, Deborah C ^a   Avery, Rosemary J ^b   Hunts, Holly J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 79958217693     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.1999.00269.x     Document Type: Article

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