A Mirror to ‘Normal’ Work – Ableism and the Construction of Flexjobs
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.16993/sjdr.1230 | Journal eISSN: 1745-3011
Language: English
Page range: 359 - 372
Submitted on: Nov 18, 2024
Accepted on: Jun 13, 2025
Published on: Jun 20, 2025
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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