Part-time employees in food retailing

Managing Service Quality: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 281-293

  Browell, Sue ^a   Ivers, Rebecca ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Employee Development Manager   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible working; Food industry; Part time work; Retailing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993104445     PISSN: 09604529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09604529810222578     Document Type: Article

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