Employment Adjustment and Distributional Conflict in Japanese Firms 1

Corporate Governance in Japan: Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Jackson, Gregory ^a  

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Corporate restructuring; Downsizing; Human resource management; Japanese economy; Lifetime employment; Performance related pay

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EID: 84920104255     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199284511.003.0010     Document Type: Chapter

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