Flexible working in UK library and information services: Current practice and concerns

Journal of Librarianship and Information Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 203-216

  Goulding, Anne ^a   Kerslake, Evelyn ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030374119     PISSN: 09610006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096100069602800403     Document Type: Article

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