Employees' perspectives on one dimension of labour flexibility: Working at a distance

Work Employment & Society

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 473-498

  Hamblin, Heather ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84965668758     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095001709593003     Document Type: Article

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