Work-Life policies: Linking National contexts, organizational practice and people for multi-level change

Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research: A Vision for the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-31

  Kossek, Ellen Ernst ^a,b   Ollier Malaterre, Ariane ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEOMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

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EID: 84880623015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137006004     Document Type: Chapter

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