The role of gender in varying forms of flexible working

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 650-666

  Atkinson, Carol ^a   Hall, Laura ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Gender; Time sovereignty; Working time flexibility

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; WORKING CONDITIONS; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449504840     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2009.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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