Jobseekers and gatekeepers: The rote of the private employment agency in the placement of the unemployed

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 655-674

  Gray, Anne ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Casualization; Employment agencies; Job search; Reinsertion; Segmentation temporary work; Unemployed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036921863     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095001702321587415     Document Type: Article

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