The journey to work: A descriptive UK case study

Facilities

Volumn 21, Issue , 2003, Pages 180-187

  McLennan, Peter ^a   Bennetts, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Facility Manager for a financial services organisation outside London   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commuting; Facilities management; Stress; Transport; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986120913     PISSN: 02632772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02632770310489927     Document Type: Article

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