Effects of job features on domestic outsourcing as a strategy for combining paid and domestic work

Work and Occupations

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-230

  De Ruijter, Esther ^a   Van Der Lippe, Tanja ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexible work; Household outsourcing; Work family issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247219653     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888406296510     Document Type: Review

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