Family-Friendly Human Resource Policy: Is It Still Working in the Public Sector?

Public Administration Review

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 728-739

  Kim, Jungin ^a   Wiggins, Mary Ellen ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 80052351016     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02412.x     Document Type: Article

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