Researching the employment relationship in small firms: What are the contributions from the employment relations and small business literatures?

Managing Labour in Small Firms

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 43-65

  Blackburn, Robert ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909108909     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203495612     Document Type: Chapter

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