Job sharing and equal opportunities under the new public management in local authorities

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 136-152

  Branine, Mohamed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Flexible working; Job sharing; Local authorities; Local government

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; PUBLIC SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2042455878     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550410523269     Document Type: Article

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