Supply Chain pressures and migrant workers: Deteriorating job quality in the United Kingdom food-processing industry

Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom

Volumn 9781610443647, Issue , 2008, Pages 211-246

  James, Susan ^a   Lloyd, Caroline ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Economic and Social Research Council Centre on Skills   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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