Careers and identity in flexible working: Do flexible identities fare better?

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-244

  Grote, Gudela ^a   Raeder, Sabine ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Career change; Career management; Career success; Personal identity; Psychological contract; Work flexibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349103770     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708100358     Document Type: Article

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