Increasing work-time influence: consequences for flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability

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Increasing work-time influence : consequences for flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability. / Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten; Garde, Anne Helene; Aust, Birgit; Diderichsen, Finn.

I: Contemporary Ergonomics, Bind 55, Nr. 4, 03.2012, s. 440-449.

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Nabe-Nielsen, K, Garde, AH, Aust, B & Diderichsen, F 2012, 'Increasing work-time influence: consequences for flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability', Contemporary Ergonomics, bind 55, nr. 4, s. 440-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2011.646321

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Nabe-Nielsen, K., Garde, A. H., Aust, B., & Diderichsen, F. (2012). Increasing work-time influence: consequences for flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability. Contemporary Ergonomics, 55(4), 440-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2011.646321

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Nabe-Nielsen K, Garde AH, Aust B, Diderichsen F. Increasing work-time influence: consequences for flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability. Contemporary Ergonomics. 2012 mar.;55(4):440-449. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2011.646321

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Nabe-Nielsen, Kirsten ; Garde, Anne Helene ; Aust, Birgit ; Diderichsen, Finn. / Increasing work-time influence : consequences for flexibility, variability, regularity and predictability. I: Contemporary Ergonomics. 2012 ; Bind 55, Nr. 4. s. 440-449.

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