European employment models in flux: Pressures for change and prospects for survival and revitalization

European Employment Models in Flux: A Comparison of Institutional Change in Nine European Countries

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-56

  Bosch, Gerhard ^a,b   Lehndorff, Steffen ^a   Rubery, Jill ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Institute Work and Qualification (IAQ)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84994728949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230237001     Document Type: Chapter

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