Greenfields and “wildebeests”: Management strategies and labour turnover in Japanese firms in Telford

Employee Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-284

  Smith, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986146074     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459810228333     Document Type: Article

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