New forms of work organization

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 23, Issue , 1997, Pages 315-339

  Smith, Vicki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent employment; Flexible work; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031516733     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.soc.23.1.315     Document Type: Article

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