The economic evaluation of time: Organizational causes and individual consequences

Research in Organizational Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-62

  Pfeffer, Jeffrey ^a   De Voe, Sanford E ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84880045984     PISSN: 01913085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.riob.2012.11.001     Document Type: Review

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