Greenfields and ‘Wildebeests’: Management Strategies and Labour Turnover in Japanese Firms in Telford. / Smith, Chris; Elger, Tony.

In: Employee Relations, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998, p. 271-284.

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Greenfields and ‘Wildebeests’: Management Strategies and Labour Turnover in Japanese Firms in Telford. / Smith, Chris; Elger, Tony.

In: Employee Relations, Vol. 20, No. 3, 1998, p. 271-284.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Harvard

Smith, C & Elger, T 1998, 'Greenfields and ‘Wildebeests’: Management Strategies and Labour Turnover in Japanese Firms in Telford', Employee Relations, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 271-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810228333

APA

Smith, C., & Elger, T. (1998). Greenfields and ‘Wildebeests’: Management Strategies and Labour Turnover in Japanese Firms in Telford. Employee Relations, 20(3), 271-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810228333

Vancouver

Smith C, Elger T. Greenfields and ‘Wildebeests’: Management Strategies and Labour Turnover in Japanese Firms in Telford. Employee Relations. 1998;20(3):271-284. https://doi.org/10.1108/01425459810228333

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Smith, Chris ; Elger, Tony. / Greenfields and ‘Wildebeests’: Management Strategies and Labour Turnover in Japanese Firms in Telford. In: Employee Relations. 1998 ; Vol. 20, No. 3. pp. 271-284.

BibTeX

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