Economic and employment conditions, karoshi (work to death) and the trend of studies on workaholism in Japan

Research Companion To Working Time And Work Addiction

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 158-172

  Kanai, Atsuko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33845886908     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781847202833.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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