Organizing flexibility: The flexible firm in a new century

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 479-504

  Kalleberg, Arne L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035541576     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00211     Document Type: Article

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