The significance of working time arrangements accompanying the introduction of teamworking: Evidence from employees

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 681-701

  Bacon, Nicolas ^a   Blyton, Paul ^b   Dastmalchian, Ali ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

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EID: 29144511362     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00479.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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