Job Quality in Britain under the Labour Government

The Labour Market in Winter: The State of Working Britain

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Green, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Citizens advice bureaux; Job quality; Labour government; Pay; Skills; Work effort; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938630983     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199587377.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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