Flexible working: Changing the manager's role

Management Decision

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 721-737

  Johnson, Janice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees attitudes; Flexible working; Job commitment; Line managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992974227     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740410542302     Document Type: Article

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