Dominance effects from local competitors: Setting institutional parameters for employment relations in multinational subsidiaries; A case from the spanish supermarket sector

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 653-675

  Royle, Tony ^a   Ortiz, Luis ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

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EID: 70449486848     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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