“No time to stand and stare”: Imagery of flexible work arrangements in Australian professional accounting journals

Pacific Accounting Review

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-157

  Lightbody, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountancy; Australia; Flexible working hours; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857471348     PISSN: 01140582     EISSN: 20415494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01140580810892481     Document Type: Article

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