The badli system in industrial labour recruitment: Managers' and workers' strategies in Calcutta's jute industry

Contributions to Indian Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 271-301

  De Haan, Arjan ^a  

^a Dept for International Development ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; RECRUITMENT;

CALCUTTA; INDIA; WEST BENGAL;

ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; JUTE INDUSTRY; LABOR; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032721137     PISSN: 00699667     EISSN: 09730648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/006996679903300112     Document Type: Article

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