The myth of separate worlds: An exploration of how mobile technology has redefined work-life balance

Creating Balance?: International Perspectives on the Work-Life Integration of Professionals

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 269-284

  Duxbury, Linda ^a   Smart, Rob ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 84856394773     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16199-5_15     Document Type: Chapter

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