"The best of both worlds" and "cutting my own throat": contradictory images of home-based work

Qualitative Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-182

  Mirchandani, Kiran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childcare; Flexibility; Home based work; Media images; Telework; Women; Work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043193641     PISSN: 01620436     EISSN: 15737837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005448415689     Document Type: Article

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