Fixed-term employment: The Finnish way

Journal of Occupational Health and Safety - Australia and New Zealand

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-556

  Nurminen, Markku ^a,b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Employment status; International relations; Labour force statistics; Social policy; Working life

Indexed keywords

EID: 45449116447     PISSN: 08156409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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