The changing nature of internal labor markets

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 281-294

  Camuffo, Arnaldo ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economic organization; Employment systems; Human resource management; Internal labor markets; New organizational forms

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249980585     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021230525924     Document Type: Article

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