Work-life imbalance in call centres and software development

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-239

  Hyman, Jeff ^a   Baldry, Chris ^d   Scholarios, Dora ^b   Bunzel, Dirk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

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EID: 3042715997     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00270     Document Type: Review

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