Working from home: Do formal or informal telework arrangements provide better work-family outcomes?

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-486

  Troup, Carolyn ^a   Rose, Judy ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

family friendly leave entitlements; telework; work from home; work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868311512     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2012.724220     Document Type: Article

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