An agency theory perspective of the Israeli labor market segmentation: Past, present, and future

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 186-193

  Cohen, Aaron ^a   Baruch, Yehuda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Israeli labor market segmentation; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952880255     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2009.08.001     Document Type: Article

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