Work without end? Scheduling flexibility and work-to-family conflict among stockbrokers

Work and Occupations

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-317

  Blair Loy, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Stockbroker; Technology; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951535311     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888409343912     Document Type: Article

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