"You know we are not an employment agency": Manpower, government, and the development of the temporary help industry in Britain

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 337-365

  Forde, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 45549107493     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/khm105     Document Type: Review

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