Management Strategy and Labour Flexibility In Japanese Manufacturing Enterprises

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 44-57

  Benson, John ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0242265473     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.1996.tb00403.x     Document Type: Article

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