IT self-employed workers between constraint and flexibility

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 34-48

  Tremblay, Diane Gabrielle ^a   Genin, Emilie ^b  

^a Tel e University of Quebec   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SELF EMPLOYMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 77950154381     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2009.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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