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Work–Family Research Has a Public Relations Problem: Moving From Organizational Nicety to Necessity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2015

Ann H. Huffman*
Affiliation:
Northern Arizona University
Adriane M. Sanders
Affiliation:
The University of Memphis
Satoris S. Culbertson
Affiliation:
Kansas State University
*
E-mail: [email protected], Address: Department of Psychology and the W.A. Franke College of Business, Northern Arizona University, Box 15106, Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Abstract

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Copyright © Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology 2011 

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