Multinational mining companies and indigenous workers in Papua New Guinea: Tensions and challenges in employment relations

Labour, Capital and Society

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-148

  Imbun, Benedict Y ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; FIELDWORK; LABOR RELATIONS; MINING; MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE; WORKPLACE;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 33947645874     PISSN: 07061706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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