Exploitation or choice? Exploring the relative attractiveness of employment in the Maquiladoras

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 213-227

  Sargent, John ^a   Matthews, Linda ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033545127     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005742629319     Document Type: Article

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