Working time reduction in the European Union: A diversity of trends and approaches

Working Time: International Trends, Theory and Policy Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 38-56

  Lehndorff, Steffen ^a  

^a Institut Arbeit und Technik   (Germany)

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EID: 84923940018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203183441-3     Document Type: Chapter

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