Working to return to employment: The case of UK social science contract researchers

Studies in Higher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 559-574

  Hockey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5644241220     PISSN: 03075079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0307507042000261544     Document Type: Review

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