Are family-friendly workplace practices a valuable firm resource?
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- Nick Bloom & Tobias Kretschmer & John Van Reenen, 2011. "Are family-friendly workplace practices a valuable firm resource?," Strategic Management Journal, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 32(4), pages 343-367, April.
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Keywords
work-life balance; family-friendly work practices; nonmarket strategies; firm performance; management practices; resource-based view;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions
- M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
- M52 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Personnel Economics - - - Compensation and Compensation Methods and Their Effects
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