'Worth so appallingly little': A workplace-level analysis of low pay

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 585-609

  McNabb, Robert ^a   Whitfield, Keith ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034354717     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00181     Document Type: Article

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