Same time, next year?: Human resource management and seasonal workers

Personnel Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 217-235

  Ainsworth, Susan ^a   Purss, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Sales Marketing Innovation and Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contingent workers; Human resource management; Job satisfaction; Psychological contracts; Temporary workers; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649354472     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480910943304     Document Type: Article

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