Contented Workers in Inferior Jobs? Re-Assessing Casual Employment in Australia

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-392

  Watson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992787289     PISSN: 00198692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-9296.2005.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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