Coordinated market economy/liberal employment relations: Low cost competition in the german aviation industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 214-229

  Barry, Michael ^a   Nienhueser, Werner ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Employment relations; Low cost competition; Varieties of capitalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449098675     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903509522     Document Type: Article

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