Part-time occupational mobility in the service industries: Regulation, work commitment and occupational closure

Sociological Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-86

  Tomlinson, Jennifer ^a  

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EID: 33644893628     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2006.00602.x     Document Type: Article

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