Japanese human resource management: From being a miracle to needing one?

Japanese Management: The Search for a New Balance Between Continuity and Change

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 184-212

  Pudelko, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85015944923     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230523289_9     Document Type: Chapter

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