Workers' perceptions of job insecurity: Do job security guarantees work?

Labour

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 177-196

  Bryson, Alex ^a   Cappellari, Lorenzo ^a   Lucifora, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR SUPPLY; PERCEPTION;

EID: 61349084922     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2008.00433.x     Document Type: Article

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