The use of ethnicity in recruiting domestic labour: A case study of French placement agencies in the care sector

Employee Relations

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 613-627

  Lendaro, Annalisa ^a   Imdorf, Christian ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Career development; Employee relations; Ethnic groups; France; Gender; Immigrants; Migrant workers; Recruitment; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866722853     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451211267919     Document Type: Article

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