Post-fordist work: A man's world?: Gender and working overtime in the Netherlands

Gender and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 188-214

  Van Echtelt, Patricia ^a   Glebbeek, Arie ^b   Lewis, Suzan ^c,d   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^b  

^a Netherlands Institute for Social Research   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Gendered organizations; Post Fordist work; Working hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849174912     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243208331320     Document Type: Article

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