On the job and co-worker commitment of Dutch agency workers and permanent employees

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1307-1322

  Torka, Nicole ^a   Schyns, Birgit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency workers vs. permanent employees; Colleague commitment; HR practices; Job commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954181453     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2010.483858     Document Type: Article

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