Forced employment contract change and the psychological contract

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 449-467

  Saunders, Mark N K ^a   Thornhill, Adrian ^b  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Gloucester shire   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment contracts; Psychological contracts; Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747493095     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610683654     Document Type: Article

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