Factors associated with having flextime: A focus on married workers

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 51-72

  Sharpe, Deanna L ^a   Hermsen, Joan M ^a   Billings, Jodi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri Columbia ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Flextime; Married workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544381702     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014277630200     Document Type: Article

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