Family-friendly workplace policy adoption in general and special purpose local governments: Learning from the washington state experience

Review of Public Personnel Administration

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-51

  McCurdy, Arthur H ^a   Newman, Meredith A ^a   Lovrich, Nicholas P ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993698839     PISSN: 0734371X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734371X0202200102     Document Type: Article

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