Should I stay or should I go? Agency nursing work in the UK

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1666-1683

  de Ruyter, Alex ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Agency work; Labour flexibility; NHS; Nurse; Nursing

Indexed keywords

EID: 34748898969     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701570742     Document Type: Article

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