Precarious Employment and Individual Contracts in an Australian Mining Company

Labour and Industry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-68

  Timo, Nils ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0041930405     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1998.10669186     Document Type: Article

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