Acceleration in working life: An empirical test of a sociological framework

Time & Society

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 161-185

  Ulferts, Heike ^a   Korunka, Christian ^a   Kubicek, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

demands; questionnaire; social acceleration; working life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880116766     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: 14617463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X12471006     Document Type: Article

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