Seasonality and flexible labor in resorts: Organizations, employees, and local labor markets

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-89

  Adler, Patricia A ^a,c   Adler, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0037230936     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02732170309208     Document Type: Article

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