Work – life balance: Exploring the connections between levels of influence in the UK public sector

Public Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 377-393

  Maxwell, Gillian A ^a   McDougall, Marilyn ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working; Policy and practice; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016238659     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1471903042000256547     Document Type: Article

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