Ask and ye shall receive? The dynamics of employer-provided flexible work options and the need for public policy

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 367-388

  Brescoll, Victoria L ^a   Glass, Jennifer ^b   Sedlovskaya, Alexandra ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; LABOR POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84879131483     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12019     Document Type: Article

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