A coincidence of needs?: Employers and full-time students

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 38-54

  Curtis, Susan ^a   Lucas, Rosemary ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employers; Flexibility; Part time work; Service industries; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011062714     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450110366264     Document Type: Article

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