Non-standard work in two different employment regimes: Norway and the United States

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-348

  Olsen, Karen M ^a,c   Kalleberg, Arne L ^b  

^a Inst for Res in Econ/Bus Admin   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SNF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Employment; Labour law; Labour markets; Non standard work; Organizations; Temporary work; Unionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242747458     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/09500172004042772     Document Type: Article

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