Flexible friends? Lone parents and retail employment

Employee Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-273

  Nickson, Dennis ^a   Warhurst, Chris ^a   Lockyer, Cliff ^a   Dutton, Eli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Labour market; Parents; Single people; Students; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986038177     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450410530646     Document Type: Article

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