Employment Relations in France Evolution and Innovation /

• Main Author: Jenkins, Alan. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: Plenum Studies in Work and Industry
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Management.; Personnel management.; Labor economics.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Human Resource Management.; Labor Economics.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

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