Mr. Dithers comes to dinner: Telework and the merging of women's work and home domains in Canada

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-161

  Johnson, Laura C ^a   Andrey, Jean ^a   Shaw, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Home based telework; Spatial boundaries; Women; Work life balance; Workplace case study

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GENDER ROLE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKPLACE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34147191064     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690701213701     Document Type: Article

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