Contingent employment in British establishments: Organizational determinants of the use of fixed-term hires and part-time workers

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 967-1007

  Uzzi, Brian ^a   Barsness, Zoe I ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032378287     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3005700     Document Type: Article

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