Walking the talk of safety in South America

Best Human Resource Management Practices in Latin America

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 128-140

  Gonzalez, Jorge A ^a   Perez Floriano, Lorena R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 75649101498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203866689     Document Type: Chapter

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