Supermarket human resource practices and competition from mass merchandisers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1289-1295

  Davis, Elizabeth E ^a   Freedman, Matthew ^b   Lane, Julia ^c   McCall, Brian ^a   Nestoriak, Nicole ^d   Park, Timothy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d Bureau of Economic Analysis   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN RESOURCE; LABOR MARKET;

EID: 33751253080     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2006.00947.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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