Access to and Utilization of Flexible Work Options

Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 936-965

  Mcnamara, Tay K ^a   Pitt Catsouphes, Marcie ^b   Brown, Melissa ^b   Matz Costa, Christina ^b  

^a Sloan Center on Aging and Work   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MODELING;

EID: 84866468187     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2012.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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