Informal employment and gender implications in China: The nature of work and employment relations in the community services sector

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1471-1487

  Cooke, Fang Lee ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

China; Community services; Gender; Informal employment; Labour rights; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749254946     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600804564     Document Type: Article

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