What is family friendly about the workplace in the home? The case of self-employed parents and their children

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-234

  Baines, Susan ^a   Gelder, Ulrike ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; SELF EMPLOYMENT; TELECOMMUTING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0142249375     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-005X.00123     Document Type: Article

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