The Struggle for Life Balance: Work, Family, and Leisure in the Lives of Women Teleworkers

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 15-29

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family; Leisure; Life Balance; Telework; Women'S Lives; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547260693     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2003.9674333     Document Type: Article

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