Governments, airlines and employees: an evolving relationship from 1940 to 2010

Management and Organizational History

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-20

  Amankwah Amoah, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global airline industry; globalization; human capital; lateral hiring; skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924585190     PISSN: 17449359     EISSN: 17449367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17449359.2014.980266     Document Type: Article

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