Securing commitment in an insecure world: Workers in multinational high-tech subsidiaries

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 375-410

  McKay, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Commitment; Electronics; Labor control; Philippines

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543040029     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X04044832     Document Type: Review

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