Casual University Work: Choice, Risk, Inequity and the Case for Regulation

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-304

  Junor, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84993736148     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103530460401400208     Document Type: Article

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