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This report is part of a larger program of research on work and parenting being conducted by Ellen Greenberger and Wendy A. Goldberg (Co-Principal Investigators). Funding for this project was provided by the University's Center for Orange County Research, then headed by Mark Baldassare, and its Focused Research Program on Work Environments, directed by Daniel Stokols. We gratefully acknowledge the importance of this crucial form of workplace support and our debt to our support providers, and we thank the four anonymous reviewers of this article for their excellent suggestions.
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Greenberger, E., Goldberg, W.A., Hamill, S. et al. Contributions of a supportive work environment to parents' well-being and orientation to work. Am J Commun Psychol 17, 755–783 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00922737
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