Flexible and family-friendly working arrangements in UK-based SMEs: Business cases

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 411-431

  Dex, Shirley ^a   Scheibl, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0035536240     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00207     Document Type: Article

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