Individual Temporality in the Workplace: How Individuals Perceive and Value Time at Work

Research in the Sociology of Work

Volumn 17, Issue , 2007, Pages 147-177

  Blount, Sally ^a   Leroy, Sophie ^a  

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EID: 34247862279     PISSN: 02772833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-2833(07)17005-9     Document Type: Review

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