Young and old at risk Comparative trends in “nonz-standard” patterns of employment in Canada and the United Kingdom

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 277-297

  Felstead, Alan ^a   Krahn, Harvey ^b   Powell, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Employment contracts; Flexible working; Older employees; United Kingdom; Young people

Indexed keywords

EID: 2342591471     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437729910286065     Document Type: Article

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