Work-life balance: Contrasting managers and workers in an MNC

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 385-399

  Moore, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working hours; Germany; Industrial relations; Job satisfaction; Multinational companies; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547329515     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710759217     Document Type: Article

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