Organizational size, layoffs, and quits in Norway

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1243-1273

  Kalleberg, Arne L ^a   Mastekaasa, Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina ^*

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EID: 0032360875     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/76.4.1243     Document Type: Article

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