Promoting family-friendly policies: Is the basis of the Government's ethical standpoint viable?

Personnel Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 211-230

  Roper, Ian ^a   James, Phil ^a   Cunningham, Ian ^b  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Family life; Regulations; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133647     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480310460225     Document Type: Article

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