Collective bargaining and public policy: Pathways to work-family policy adoption in Australia and the United States

European Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 495-504

  Berg, Peter ^a   Kossek, Ellen Ernst ^b   Baird, Marian ^c   Block, Richard N ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Flexible scheduling; Work family policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880610278     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.04.008     Document Type: Article

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