Layoff announcements and employment guarantee announcements: How do shareholders respond?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 729-740

  Abraham, Steven E ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment protection; Profit; Shareholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 12444261809     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437720410574852     Document Type: Article

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