Discourse as strategic coping resource: Managing the interface between "home" and "work"

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-62

  Tietze, Susanne ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change management; Individual behaviour; Teleworking; Work identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844454288     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810510579841     Document Type: Article

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