The effects of time-spatial flexibility and new working conditions on employees' work-life balance: The Dutch case

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-297

  Peters, Pascale ^a   den Dulk, Laura ^b   van der Lippe, Tanja ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Gender differences; HR policies; Labour market policies; Post Fordist work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449623082     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902968907     Document Type: Article

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