Introduction to special issue: Workers, risk and the new economy

Human Relations

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1163-1170

  Edwards, Paul ^a   Ram, Monder ^b,c   Smith, Vicki ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Centre for Research on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship (CREME)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 51149105666     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708094908     Document Type: Review

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