INSTITUTIONAL PRESSURES AND STRATEGIC RESPONSIVENESS: EMPLOYER INVOLVEMENT IN WORK-FAMILY ISSUES.
Academy of Management JournalPublished 1 April 1994
Jerry Goodstein
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Organizational scholars are increasingly conceptualizing organizational responsiveness to institutional pressures as a strategic choice. This research identified a number of important institutional...
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