Flexible working, professional success and being female: Are they incompatible?

Review of European Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 39-53

  Waumsley, Julie A ^a   Houston, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working; Gender; Performance; Professional success; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955866025     PISSN: 19187173     EISSN: 19187181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/res.v1n2p39     Document Type: Article

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