Empirical study of employment arrangements and precariousness in Australia

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Louie, Amber M ^a,b   Ostry, Aleck S ^a   Quinlan, Michael ^c,d   Keegel, Tessa ^b   Shoveller, Jean ^a   LaMontagne, Anthony D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845797565     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/014186ar     Document Type: Article

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