Feeling motivated yet? Long-term unemployed people's perspectives on the implementation of workfare in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-269

  Marston, Greg ^a   McDonald, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Job network; Long term unemployment; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049164913     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00101.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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