New contractual relationships in the agency worker market: The case of the UK's National Health Service

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 389-412

  Hoque, Kim ^a   Kirkpatrick, Ian ^b   De Ruyter, Alex ^c   Lonsdale, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 49249116956     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00693.x     Document Type: Review

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