Contingent employment in academic careers: Relative deprivation among adjunt faculty

Journal of Vocational Behavior

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 284-307

  Feldman, Daniel C ^a   Turnley, William H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic careers; Adjunt faculty; Contingent employment; Relative deprivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842531962     PISSN: 00018791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2002.11.003     Document Type: Article

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