Farewell to the salaryman? The changing roles and work of middle managers in Japan

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1072-1087

  Iida, Tetsuya ^a   Morris, Jonathan ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate restructuring; HRM work organization; Japan; Middle managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449145283     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802051378     Document Type: Article

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