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Organizational Flexibility, Employee Security, and Organizational Efficiency – a Case Study of Slovenian Public and Private Sector Organizations

By: Tatjana Kozjek and  Marko Ferjan  
Open Access
|Mar 2015

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orga-2015-0001 | Journal eISSN: 1581-1832 | Journal ISSN: 1318-5454
Language: English
Page range: 3 - 21
Submitted on: Sep 19, 2014
Accepted on: Dec 10, 2014
Published on: Mar 20, 2015
Published by: University of Maribor
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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