Employment insecurity and social theory: The power of nightmares

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 517-535

  Fevre, Ralph ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contingent work; Flexibility; Insecurity; Non permanent work; Social theory; Temporary work

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548575029     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017007080013     Document Type: Article

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