'The longest day': 'Flexible' contracts, performance-related pay and risk shifting in the UK direct selling sector

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-127

  Bone, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deregulation; Direct selling; Flexibility; Risk shifting; Workplace cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745214902     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017006061276     Document Type: Article

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