Understanding construction employment: The need for a fresh research agenda

Personnel Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 501-508

  Dainty, Andrew ^a   Grugulis, Irena ^b   Langford, David ^c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249792647     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480710752768     Document Type: Review

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