Contract labour: The 'Achilles Heel' of corporate codes in commercial value chains

Development and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 977-990

  Barrientos, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; CORPORATE STRATEGY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR; RESEARCH;

EID: 58149357465     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00524.x     Document Type: Article

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