Culturally coded? The enigma of flexible labour markets

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 401-416

  Black, Boyd ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment; Flexibility; Gender; National cultures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986106906     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450110397882     Document Type: Article

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