Are Quality Improvement and Downsizing Compatible? A Human Resources Perspective

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 727-744

  Lam, Helen ^a   Reshef, Yonatan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0347670791     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/051270ar     Document Type: Article

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