Changes in Japanese employment practices: Beyond the Japanese model

Changes in Japanese Employment Practices: Beyond the Japanese Model

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-204

  Keizer, Arjan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203865866     Document Type: Book

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