Outsourcing and structural change

Workplace Reform in the Healthcare Industry: The Australian Experience

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 91-111

  Young, Suzanne ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84994201210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230596009     Document Type: Chapter

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