Between a rock and a hard place: The dilemmas of managing part-time working in the police service

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 302-321

  Dick, Penny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working; Human resource management; Part time workers; Police; Professions

Indexed keywords

EID: 2042514283     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410528841     Document Type: Article

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