The vulnerable worker in Britain and problems at work

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 343-362

  Pollert, Anna ^a   Charlwood, Andy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low paid workers; Non unionism; Vulnerable worker; Workplace problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349333833     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017009106771     Document Type: Article

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