The last gasp of labor’s dual strategy? Japan’s 1997 wage-setting round

Japan Forum

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 215-232

  Weathers, Charles ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (United States)

Author keywords

Co OPERATIVE Unions; Metalworking Industries; Policy MAKING Participation; Shunto; Wage Linkage; Wage Restraint

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149133461     PISSN: 09555803     EISSN: 1469932X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09555800120081402     Document Type: Article

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