Safety in numbers: Downsizing and the deinstitutionalization of permanent employment in Japan

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 622-654

  Ahmadjian, Christina L ^b   Robinson, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0035605676     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3094826     Document Type: Article

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