Multinational firms and qualification inflation in a hi-tech labour market

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-76

  McGovern, Patrick ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 5944257821     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.1996.tb00064.x     Document Type: Article

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