Excess labour and managerial shortage: Findings from a survey in St Petersburg

Europe - Asia Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 811-835

  Brown, J David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCESS LABOUR; LABOUR RETENTION; MANAGERIAL SHORTAGE; URBAN LABOUR;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ST PETERSBURG;

EID: 0030455226     PISSN: 09668136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09668139608412383     Document Type: Article

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