Overworked Britons?: Part-time work and work-life balance

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 391-401

  Bonney, Norman ^a,b  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Aberdeen Business School   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645530384     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005053182     Document Type: Review

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