How institutions and business strategies affect wages: A cross-national study of call centers

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-552

  Batt, Rosemary ^a   Nohara, Hiroatsu ^b  

^a and History   (United States)

^b The Institute of Labour Economics and Industrial Sociology LEST   (France)

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EID: 68149170740     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390906200404     Document Type: Review

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