Flexibility and work-life interference in Australia

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-82

  Skinner, Natalie ^a   Pocock, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

flexibility; gender; right to request; work life interference

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952950138     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185610390297     Document Type: Article

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