Investigating longitudinal dimensions of precarious employment: Conceptual and practical issues

Gender and the Contours of Precarious Employment

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 226-239

  Fuller, Sylvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84917487212     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203874424     Document Type: Chapter

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