Keiretsu and management practices in Japan – resilience amid change

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 1-16

  Dedoussis, Vagelis ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Japan; Keiretsu

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986097709     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940110380988     Document Type: Article

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