Determinants of the extent of participatory employment practices: Evidence from Japan

Industrial Relations

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-605

  Kato, Takao ^a,b,c  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b IZA ^*  (United States)

^c The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33748714119     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2006.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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