Flexibility and long shifts

Employee Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 483-489

  Smith, Peter A ^a   Wedderburn, Alexander A i ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986048540     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459810238774     Document Type: Article

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