Organizations' use of temporary employment and a climate of job insecurity among Belgian and Spanish permanent workers

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 564-591

  de Cuyper, Nele ^a   Sora, Beatriz ^b   de Witte, Hans ^a   Caballer, Amparo ^c   Peiró, José María ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate of job insecurity; Permanent employment; Temporary employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350448222     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09336808     Document Type: Article

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