The nightmare of temporary work: A comment on Fevre

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 731-736

  Conley, Hazel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57349085569     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008096744     Document Type: Article

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