Part-time employment and communication satisfaction in an Australian retail organisation

Employee Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 211-228

  Gray, Judy ^a   Laidlaw, Heather ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Employee communications; Employee relations; Part time work; Retail trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986166597     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450210420929     Document Type: Article

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