Built on shifting sands: Changes in employers' use of contingent labour in the UK construction sector

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 653-667

  Forde, Chris ^a   MacKenzie, Robert ^a   Robinson, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Construction; Contingent labour; Employment; Non standard labour; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 71549169607     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185609346182     Document Type: Article

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