UK temporary staffing: Industry structure and evolutionary dynamics

Environment and Planning A

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 889-907

  Ward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LABOR MARKET; SERVICE SECTOR;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038270856     PISSN: 0308518X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/a34136a     Document Type: Article

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