Introduction: What work? What life? What balance?: Critical reflections on the work-life balance debate

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 325-333

  Ruth Eikhof, Doris ^a   Warhurst, Chris ^b   Haunschild, Axel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumption; Family friendly organizations; Hours of work; Job satisfaction; Lifestyles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986132997     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710839452     Document Type: Review

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