Self-Employed Contractors in Australia: How Many and Who Are They?

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 263-280

  Vandenheuvel, Audrey ^a   Wooden, Mark ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84965400224     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002218569503700204     Document Type: Article

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