The role of trust in secure and insecure employment situations: A multiple-group analysis

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 510-538

  de Jong, Jeroen ^a   Schalk, René ^a   Croon, Marcel ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; Job insecurity; Psychological contract breach; Temporary employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350433074     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09342622     Document Type: Article

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