Work-life flexibility policies: Do unions affect employee access and use?

ILR Review

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-137

  Berg, Peter ^a   Kossek, Ellen Ernst ^b   Misra, Kaumudi ^a   Belman, Dale ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor relations; Unions; Work family flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893293839     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: 2162271X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391406700105     Document Type: Review

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