The Temporary Agency Work Sector in Australia and Ireland: Modest, Growing and Under-Recorded

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-211

  Burgess, John ^a   Connell, Julia ^a   Green, Roy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 84993705067     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103530460501500203     Document Type: Article

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