Has japan's long-term employment practice survived? developments since the 1990s

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 313-326

  Shimizutani, Satoshi ^a   Yokoyama, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 67949124843     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390906200303     Document Type: Article

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