Working hard or hardly working: A study of individuals engaging in personal business on the job

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1009-1032

  D'Abate, Caroline P ^a  

^a SKIDMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Family; Home; Leisure; Nonwork; Work life

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644475265     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705058501     Document Type: Article

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