Job insecurity and labour market lemons: The (mis)management of redundancy in steel making, coal mining and port transport

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 26-51

  Turnbull, Peter ^a   Wass, Victoria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030642480     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00041     Document Type: Article

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