Does monitoring improve labor standards? Lessons from Nike

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-31

  Locke, Richard M ^a   Qin, Fei ^b   Brause, Alberto ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Masterfoods USA   (United States)

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EID: 36448963806     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390706100101     Document Type: Article

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