Labour scarcity and the survival of small firms: A resource-based view of the road haulage industry

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 5-22

  Marchington, Mick ^a   Carroll, Marilyn ^a   Boxall, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 33645116536     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2003.tb00102.x     Document Type: Article

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