Toward a Model of Work Redesign for Better Work and Better Life

Work and Occupations

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-134

  Perlow, Leslie A ^a   Kelly, Erin L ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodation; flexibility; organizational change; work redesign

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893912169     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888413516473     Document Type: Article

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