Reconsidering work-life balance debates: Challenging limited understandings of the 'life' component in the context of ethnic minority women's experiences

British Journal of Management

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Kamenou, Nicolina ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43049109524     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2008.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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