The flexible organization: How contemporary employees construct the work/life border

Qualitative Research Reports in Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-44

  Cowan, Renee ^a   Hoffman, Mary F ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptions of work; Employees; Flexibility; Organizational communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350419710     PISSN: 17459435     EISSN: 17459443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17459430701617895     Document Type: Article

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