Workers' participation in decision-making processes and firm stability

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 689-707

  Mizrahi, Shlomo ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 0036939924     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00252     Document Type: Article

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