The liberal market model of finance, ownership, and governance: An evaluation of its effect on labour

Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-149

  Pendleton, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Employment relations; Ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949108554     PISSN: 10384111     EISSN: 17447941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1038411109105438     Document Type: Article

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