Coordinating Everyday Life In The Netherlands: A Holistic Quantitative Approach To The Analysis Of Ict-Related And Other Work-Life Balance Strategies

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-80

  Hubers, Christa ^a   Schwanen, Tim ^b   Dijst, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Information and communication technologies; Netherlands; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; HOLISTIC APPROACH; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WORKPLACE;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79952307434     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0467.2011.00361.x     Document Type: Article

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