Reduced-hours employment: The relationship between difficulty of trade-offs and quality of life

Work and Occupations

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 168-187

  Barnett, Rosalind Chait ^a   Gareis, Karen C ^a,b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034178017     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888400027002003     Document Type: Article

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