Employee orientation - the Japanese approach

Employee Relations

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 443-456

  Mestre, Michel ^a   Stainer, Alan ^b   Stainer, Lorice ^c  

^a TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986163143     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459710186322     Document Type: Article

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