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Work-Family Research and Practice: What if the Whole Person Mattered?

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The task of reconciling the roles of work and family life has been like the Middle East of the field of management and organizational behaviour — the issues seem to be perennial and intractable. Although we do not claim to have the answer to work—life peace, we would like to examine a lens for viewing the terrain that we see as having some potential: looking at the issues in terms of the whole person. What if we took the whole person seriously?

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    Elana R. Feldman & Douglas T. Hall

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Feldman, E.R., Hall, D.T. (2013). Work-Family Research and Practice: What if the Whole Person Mattered?. In: Poelmans, S., Greenhaus, J.H., Maestro, M.L.H. (eds) Expanding the Boundaries of Work-Family Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137006004_5

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