Work-life balance?: An autoethnographic exploration of everyday home-work dynamics

Journal of Management Inquiry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 229-241

  Cohen, Laurie ^a   Duberley, Joanne ^b   Musson, Gill ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoethnography; Boundaries; Home work dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949164556     PISSN: 10564926     EISSN: 15526542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056492609332316     Document Type: Article

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