The ambiguity of flexibility

Flexible Organizations and the New Working Life: A European Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 17-42

  Skorstad, Egil J ^a,b  

^a ØSTFOLD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

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