The Netherlands and Germany: Flexibility or rigidity?

Human Resource Management in Europe: Evidence of Convergence?

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 73-94

  Dietz, Bart ^a   Hoogendoorn, Job ^a   Kabst, Rüdiger ^b   Schmelter, Anja ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780080472966     Document Type: Chapter

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