Flexible work hours and productivity: Some evidence from the pharmaceutical industry

Industrial Relations

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-139

  Shepard III, Edward M ^a   Clifton, Thomas J ^a   Kruse, Douglas ^b  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0010646489     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232x.1996.tb00398.x     Document Type: Article

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