How significant is intersectoral outsourcing of employment in South Africa?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1427-1457

  Tregenna, Fiona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE; LABOR SUPPLY; MANUFACTURING; OUTSOURCING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77957716410     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq001     Document Type: Article

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