Precarious Work in Japan

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 309-334

  Osawa, Machiko ^a   Kim, Myoung Jung ^b   Kingston, Jeff ^c  

^a JAPAN WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NLI Research Institute   (Japan)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

globalization; Japan; nonregular workers; precarious work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874128761     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: 15523381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764212466240     Document Type: Article

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