Illusions and Ignorance about the Family-Responsive Workplace.

Kingston, Paul W.

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ERIC Number: EJ422532

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1990

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Illusions and Ignorance about the Family-Responsive Workplace.

Kingston, Paul W.

Journal of Family Issues, v11 n4 p438-54 Dec 1990

Contends American businesses have made modest headway in instituting family-responsive practices and that it is illusory to expect that market solutions will deliver good or equitable family policy in foreseeable future. Predicts uneven realization of the responsive workplace. (Author/ABL)

Descriptors: Employer Employee Relationship, Employer Supported Day Care, Family (Sociological Unit), Fringe Benefits, Personnel Policy, Public Policy, Social Change, Work Environment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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