Flexible Work Arrangements and Intentions of Unemployed Women in Cyprus: A Planned Behaviour Model

British Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 150-172

  Stavrou, Eleni ^a   Ierodiakonou, Christianac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

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EID: 79951545820     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2010.00695.x     Document Type: Article

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