The contest over "employer" status in the postwar United States: The case of temporary help firms

Law and Society Review

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-110

  Gonos, George ^a  

^a Centenary University   (United States)

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EID: 0031504252     PISSN: 00239216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3054095     Document Type: Article

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