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Thesaurus: 1501 entries.

SPATIAL DIVISION OF LABOUR (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: A term coined by geographer Doreen Massey that refers to a spatial strategy used by companies and industrial sectors to increase capital accumulation.

• BROADER TERM(S)

DIVISION OF LABOUR

SPATIAL ANALYSIS

SPATIAL MOBILITY 

• USE

GEOGRAPHIC MOBILITY

SPIRITUALITY 

• USE

RELIGION

SPOUSAL ABUSE 

• USE

DOMESTIC ABUSE

SPOUSES (Search for related entries in the library)

• NARROWER TERM(S)

HUSBANDS

WIVES

SRI LANKA (Search for related entries in the library)

• BROADER TERM(S)

ASIA

STAFF TURNOVER 

• USE

EMPLOYEE TURNOVER

STAMFORD 

• BROADER TERM(S)

UNITED STATES

STANDARD EMPLOYMENT 

• USE

STANDARD EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

STANDARD EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP (Search for related entries in the library)

Scope Note: The situation where an employee has one employer; works full-time, year-round on the employer's premises under his or her supervision; enjoys extensive statutory benefits and entitlements; and expects to be employed indefinitely.

• BROADER TERM(S)

EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP

• RELATED TERM(S)

FAMILY WAGE

FORDISM

FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT

PERMANENT EMPLOYEES

UNIONS

• USED FOR

S.E.R.

SER

STANDARD EMPLOYMENT