Family Status and Work Attitudes: An Investigation in a Professional Services Firm

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 191-210

  De Janasz, Suzanne ^a   Forret, Monica ^b   Haack, Debra ^b   Jonsen, Karsten ^a  

^a IMD   (Switzerland)

^b ST AMBROSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84877085147     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2011.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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