To cut or not to cut: A cross-national comparison of attitudes toward wage flexibility

Work and Occupations

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-73

  Van Den Berg, Axel ^a   Masi, Anthony C ^b   Smith, Michael R ^b   Smucker, Joseph ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032353807     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888498025001004     Document Type: Article

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