Is job insecurity changing the psychological contract?

Personnel Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 680-702

  Smithson, Janet ^a   Lewis, Suzan ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career development; Employee attitudes; Gender; Job security; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842688676     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480010296465     Document Type: Article

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