Careers in foreign-owned firms in Japan

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-290

  Ono, Hiroshi ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; LABOR MARKET;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34147224231     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200207     Document Type: Article

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