Contingent employment contracts: Are existing employment theories still relevant?

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 181-203

  Gallagher, Daniel G ^a   Sverke, Magnus ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Commitment; Contingent work; Temporary employment; Unionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644399170     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05051513     Document Type: Article

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