Flexibility for Whom? Control over Work Schedule Variability in the US

Feminist Economics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-72

  McCrate, Elaine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

control over work schedules; Irregular work schedules; job flexibility; unsocial hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859749763     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: 14664372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545701.2012.660179     Document Type: Article

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