International employment agencies and migrant flexiwork in an enlarged European Union

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1079-1097

  Pijpers, Roos ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

International employment agencies; Labour flexibility; Labour mobility; Poland; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; EUROPEAN UNION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; MIGRANT WORKER; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

NETHERLANDS; POLAND;

EID: 77954304689     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903465182     Document Type: Article

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