Non-standard work arrangements and national context

European Management Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 464-477

  Kassinis, George I ^a   Stavrou, Eleni T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Comparative; Human resources; National context; Non standard work arrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880598730     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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