Dual commitment: Contract workers in Australian manufacturing enterprises

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 354-375

  Benson, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0032352087     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00097     Document Type: Article

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