Turning the table on the exploitative recruitment of migrant workers: The Cambodian experience

Asian Journal of Social Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Holliday, Jenna K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cambodia; Domestic migrant workers; Malaysia; Management of recruitment; Migration

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORK; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; PRIVATE SECTOR; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); STATE ROLE;

CAMBODIA; MALAYSIA;

EID: 84890306526     PISSN: 15684849     EISSN: 15685314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/15685314-12341249     Document Type: Article

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