Contingent labor as an enabler of entrepreneurial growth

Human Resource Management

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-373

  Cardon, Melissa S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842732259     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.10095     Document Type: Article

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