'Good when they want to be': Migrant workers in the supermarket supply chain

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 129-143

  Thompson, Paul ^a   Newsome, Kirsty ^a   Commander, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876723837     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2011.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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