Agency working and the degradation of public service employment: The case of nurses and social workers

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-445

  de Ruyter, Alex ^a   Kirkpatrick, Ian ^b   Hoque, Kim ^c   Lonsdale, Chris ^a   Malan, Judi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency work; Job quality; Nurses; Psychological contract; Public sector; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949137362     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190801895510     Document Type: Article

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