Flexible working conditions and decreasing levels of trust

Employee Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-137

  Svensson, Sven ^a  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Flexible labour; Nonstandard work; Temporary agency work; Temporary workers; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455168975     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451211191850     Document Type: Article

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