Long Working Hours in Australia: Working-Time Regulation and Employer Pressures

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 37-68

  Campbell, Iain ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84993748585     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103530460701700203     Document Type: Article

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