Recruitment and employment regimes: Migrant labour channels in the UK's rural agribusiness sector, from accession to recession

Journal of Rural Studies

Volumn 30, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-19

  Findlay, Allan ^a   McCollum, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agribusiness; Migration channels; Recruitment practices; Rural immigration; Typology of recruitment employment practices; UK

Indexed keywords

AGROINDUSTRY; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT);

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84871474764     PISSN: 07430167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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