Transformations in and outside the internal labour market: Institutional change and continuity in Japanese employment practices

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1521-1535

  Keizer, Arjan B ^a  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employment practices; Institutional change; Internal labour market; Japan; Non regular employment; Performance related pay

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349735990     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190902983462     Document Type: Article

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