How "free" is the free worker?: An investigation into the working arrangements available to knowledge workers

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-97

  Donnelly, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contract workers; Flexible working hours; Homeworking; Knowledge organizations; Teleworking; Working patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 30644463093     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610636803     Document Type: Review

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