Motives for accepting temporary employment: A typology

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-252

  de Jong, Jeroen ^a   de Cuyper, Nele ^b   de Witte, Hans ^b   Silla, Inmaculada ^c   Bernhard Oettel, Claudia ^d  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CIEMAT UVEG Research Group   (Spain)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Europe; Motivation (psychology); Temporary workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 68349146148     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720910956745     Document Type: Article

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