Flexible work practices and human resource management: A comparison of South African and foreign owned companies

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 590-607

  Horwitz, Frank M ^a   Smith, Darren A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Flexible work practices; Foreign and South African owned firms; Industrial relations and trade union participation; Labour market factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042954588     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851998340919     Document Type: Article

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