Labour recruitment practices and its class implications: A comparative analyses of constructing singapore's segmented labour market

Geoforum

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-190

  Ye, Junjia ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Class; Gender; Labour; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

CLASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; INCOME; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MIGRATION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 84890283568     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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