Flexible and compressed workweek schedules: A meta-analysis of their effects on work-related criteria

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 496-513

  Baltes, Boris B ^a   Briggs, Thomas E ^b   Huff, Joseph W ^b   Wright, Julie A ^b   Neuman, George A ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033247275     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.84.4.496     Document Type: Article

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