Job quality matters

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Knox, Angela ^a   Warhurst, Chris ^a   Pocock, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 79952982336     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185610390293     Document Type: Editorial

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