Rising Above Sweatshops: Innovative Approaches to Global Labor Challenges
- ISBN-10
- 1567206182
- ISBN-13
- 9781567206180
- Category
- Business & Economics / General
- Pages
- 414
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Richard E. Wokutch, Denis Arnold, Laura P. Hartman
Description
Introduces the current global labor milieu and showcases innovative solutions via original case studies.
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