Temporary agency work and HRM in Australia: "cooperation, specialisation and satisfaction for the good of all"?

Personnel Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-174

  Hall, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Contract workers; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Recruitment agencies; Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644609031     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480610645803     Document Type: Review

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