Controlling working time in the ward and on the line

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 352-366

  Wise, Sarah ^a   Smith, Chris ^b   Valsecchi, Raffaella ^c   Mueller, Frank ^d   Gabe, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call centres; Hours of work; National Health Service; Nursing; Scotland; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547275940     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710759190     Document Type: Article

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