The internationalization of labour: The migration of nurses from trinidad and tobago (a case study)

International Sociology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 109-127

  Phillips, Daphne ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Occupational dissatisfaction; Professional labour emigration; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

EID: 21344451022     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026858096011001008     Document Type: Article

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