Independent and dependent contracting: Meaning and implications

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-106

  Connelly, Catherine E ^a   Gallagher, Daniel G ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingent work; Dependent contractors; Independent contractors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744529813     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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