Working time and employment: A review of international evidence

International Labour Review

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1996, Pages

  Roche, William K ^a   Fynes, Brian ^a   Morrissey, Terri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Emerge Management Consultants   (Ireland)

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