Serving two organizations: Exploring the employment relationship of contracted employees

Human Resource Management

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 561-583

  Coyle Shapiro, Jacqueline A M ^a   Morrow, Paula C ^b   Kessler, Ian ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845708034     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20132     Document Type: Article

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