Avoidance strategies and the German system of co-determination

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1026-1047

  Royle, Tony ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Avoidance strategies; German co determination; Mcdonald's; Multinational enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000540372     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851998340739     Document Type: Article

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