Wellbeing and flow in sample of male and female office workers

Leisure Studies

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 249-263

  Bryce, Jo ^a   Haworth, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER DISPARITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 17444405834     PISSN: 02614367     EISSN: 14664496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0261436021000030687     Document Type: Article

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