“Better” part-time jobs?: A study of part-time working in nursing and the police

Employee Relations

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 438-454

  Edwards, Christine Y ^a   Robinson, Olive ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equal opportunities; Part time work; Skilled workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145159     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005898     Document Type: Article

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