Searching for security: Case studies of the impact of work restructuring on households in South Korea, South Africa and Australia

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-611

  Lambert, Rob ^a   Webster, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

employment relations; globalization; households; security; white goods; workplace industrial relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649439813     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185610381672     Document Type: Article

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