Trends in employee ownership in Eastern Europe

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1611-1642

  Mygind, Niels ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eastern Europe; employee ownership; privatization; transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859366518     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.661992     Document Type: Article

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