Temporary employment and technical efficiency in Spain

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Diaz Mayans, Maria Angeles ^a   Sanchez, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Labour efficiency; Resource efficiency; Spain; Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042858921     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410535981     Document Type: Review

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