Multiple job holding: Interpreting economic, labour market and social change in rural communities

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 331-350

  Robertson, Nicola ^a   Perkins, Harvey C ^b   Taylor, Nick ^a  

^a Taylor Baines and Associates   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; RURAL AREA; RURAL ECONOMY; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CHANGE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 52249118932     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2008.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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