Regulating Outsourcing: The Use of Contractors on the Central Queensland Coalfields, 1974–2003

Labour and Industry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-57

  Bowden, Bradley ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85045162304     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2003.10669279     Document Type: Article

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