Flexible Work Schedules: Which Workers Get Them?

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1157-1178

  Golden, Lonnie ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035529543     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00027640121956700     Document Type: Article

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