Flexible Working Arrangements: Implementation, Outcomes, and Management

International Review of Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 2003

Volumn 18, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-28

  Lewis, Suzan ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working arrangements (FWAs); Flexible working time and place arrangements; Work life issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016781219     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470013346.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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