Flexibility and stability of expectations in the contract of employment

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-153

  Collins, Hugh ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contract; Employment; Flexibility; Symbiotic contract

Indexed keywords

EID: 31044438073     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/SER/mwj036     Document Type: Article

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