Non-regular employment in Japan: Continued and renewed dualities

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 407-425

  Keizer, Arjan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dualism; Employment practices; Female employment; Japan; Non regular employment; Part time employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249137753     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008093478     Document Type: Article

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