Job tenure in Britain: Employee characteristics versus workplace effects

Economica

Volumn 71, Issue 282, 2004, Pages 275-297

  Mumford, Karen ^a   Smith, Peter N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; MARKET CONDITIONS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2442635602     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-0427.2004.00370.x     Document Type: Article

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