The Flexible Firm and the Growth of Non-Standard Employment

Labour and Industry

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 85-102

  Burgess, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

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EID: 0003126783     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1997.10722002     Document Type: Article

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