A very precarious profession:: Uncertainty in the working lives of professional footballers

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-265

  Roderick, Martin ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conditions of work; Labour markets; Professional football; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744908831     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006064113     Document Type: Article

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