Rights to a process for the masses or select privileges for the few? Telework policy and labour market inequality in Australia

Policy Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-33

  van den Broek, Diane ^a   Keating, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee flexibility; International comparisons; Public policy; Telework

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951471106     PISSN: 01442872     EISSN: 14701006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01442872.2010.520559     Document Type: Article

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