Flexible working needs flexible space?: Towards an alternative workplace strategy

Journal of Property Investment & Finance

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 12-22

  Gibson, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facilities management; Flexible working; Space planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981272204     PISSN: 1463578X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635780310468275     Document Type: Article

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