High-commitment work practices and downsizing harshness in australian workplaces

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 456-480

  Iverson, Roderick D ^a   Zatzick, Christopher D ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNSCALING; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR STANDARD; LABOR SUPPLY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKPLACE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34250779827     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00477.x     Document Type: Article

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