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Book Title: Thought of Work
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.7in
Item Width: 6.1in
Author: John w. Budd
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Human Resources & Personnel Management, Labor & Industrial Relations, Sociology / General, Labor, Workplace Culture
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Publication Year: 2011
Genre: Business & Economics, Social Science, Political Science
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Number of Pages: 264 Pages
