Restructuring the architecture of state regulation in the Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand cleaning industries and the growth of precarious employment

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 486-507

  Ryan, Shaun ^a   Herod, Andrew ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LABOR STANDARD; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33748172412     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0066-4812.2006.00591.x     Document Type: Article

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