Winners or losers? Work/Life Balance and Temporary Agency Workers

Labour and Industry

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 29-59

  Underhill, Elsa ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85045162751     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.2005.10669322     Document Type: Article

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