Exercising power over labour governance in the electronics industry

Geoforum

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-92

  Raj Reichert, Gale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contract manufacturers; Electronics industry; Global production network; Labour governance; Power

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LABOR MARKET; MANUFACTURING; POWER RELATIONS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 84946709482     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2015.10.013     Document Type: Review

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