The rhetoric of the 'good worker' versus the realities of employers' use and the experiences of migrant workers

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 142-159

  MacKenzie, Robert ^a,b   Forde, Chris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU enlargement; Migrant workers; Resource based view; Vulnerable workers; Work ethic

Indexed keywords

EID: 62149143247     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017008099783     Document Type: Article

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