The Structural Contexts of Low-Wage Work: Restaurant Employment Practices Across Firm Geography, Size, and Ownership Status

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 447-468

  Haley Lock, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

chain affiliation; human resource management; low wage jobs; minimum wage; organization size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868266845     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10875549.2012.720660     Document Type: Article

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