Attitudes toward the unemployed

Human Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-199

  McFadyen, Ruth G ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Occupation; Personal experience; Political orientation; The unemployed

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038934454     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001872679805100204     Document Type: Article

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