In search of competitive efficiency: Labour process flexibility in Canadian newsprint mills

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-25

  Holmes, John ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Labour flexibility; Newsprint industry; Restructuring

Indexed keywords

LABOUR FLEXIBILITY;

CANADA;

EID: 0031391361     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb00927.x     Document Type: Article

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