Flexible employment in the USA

Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 163-194

  McGlashan, Kay ^a   Ellis, Rebecca ^b   Glasgow, Doug ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 3242747789     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781008126.00014     Document Type: Chapter

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