Insights about researching discouraged workers

Journal of Occupational Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-166

  Aldrich, Rebecca M ^a   Callanan, Yada ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Marginalization; Occupational justice; Research methodology; Transaction; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958854563     PISSN: 14427591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14427591.2011.575756     Document Type: Article

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