Governance structure and labour market outcomes in garment embellishment chains

Indian Journal of Labour Economics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-650

  Unni, Jeemol ^a   Scaria, Suma ^a  

^a Institute of Rural Management   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FIELDWORK; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; OUTSOURCING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

BAREILLY; INDIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

EID: 77949789669     PISSN: 09717927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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