When is contracting preferable to employment? An exploration of management and worker perspectives

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1675-1697

  Peel, Simon ^a   Boxall, Peter ^b  

^a UNITEC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

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EID: 33748857176     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2005.00562.x     Document Type: Review

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