Co-producing workplace transformation: The dominican republic in comparative perspective

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 419-445

  Schrank, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic development; Economic sociology; Latin America; Organizational change; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959743148     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr008     Document Type: Article

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