“Part-time and Part-committed”?: The Challenges of Part-time Work in Policing

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-47

  Charlesworth, Sara ^a   Whittenbury, Kerri ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

gender; part time work; policing; work culture; work organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990379653     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185607072237     Document Type: Article

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