Reshuffling paperworkers: Technological change and experiences of reorganization at a Québec newsprint mill

Canadian Geographer

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-87

  Rose, Damaris ^a   Villemaire, Marc ^b  

^a CENTRE URBANISATION CULTURE SOCIÉTÉ   (Canada)

^b JMV Script   (Canada)

Author keywords

Industrial restructuring; Numerical flexibility; Outaouais region; Pulp and paper industry; Qu bec; Technological change

Indexed keywords

PAPER MILLS;

CANADA;

EID: 0031391497     PISSN: 00083658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0064.1997.tb00930.x     Document Type: Article

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