Flexible Labor Regimes, New Technologies and Women's Labor: Case Studies of Two Electronics Firms in Malaysia

Asian Journal of Women's Studies

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 8-35

  Mohamad, Maznah ^a   Ng, Cecilia ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 0345224092     PISSN: 12259276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/12259276.1997.11665785     Document Type: Article

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