Workplace characteristics and health care cost containment practices

Journal of Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 675-701

  Blum, Terry C ^a   Milne, Stuart H ^b   Spell, Chester S ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030508772     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2063(96)90018-5     Document Type: Article

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