Flexible labour markets and individualized employment: The beginnings of a new Japanese HRM system?

Asia Pacific Business Review

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 55-75

  Benson, John ^a   Debroux, Philippe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b SOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE; LABOR MARKET; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0344983299     PISSN: 13602381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13602380312331288710     Document Type: Article

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