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Reflections on the Integration of paid work with the rest of life
Date
2004
Material type
Survey Report
Abstract
This paper look at why societies seem stuck about how to make equitable, satisfactory and sustainable changes in the ways in which paid work can be combined with the rest of life. It examines why work-personal life integration issues have become so pressing and reflects on implications for working towards more fundamental changes.
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Author(s)
Lewis, Suzan; Rapoport, Rhona and Gambles, Richenda
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