What Happened to Long-Term Employment? The Role of Worker Power and Environmental Turbulence in Explaining Declines in Worker Tenure
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tenure; unions; employment relationships; worker mobility; boundaryless careers; layoffs; internal labor markets; organizational size; technological change; international competition;All these keywords.
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