Trade unions, management and European works councils: Opening Pandora's box?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 764-779

  Weston, Syd ^a   Lucio, Miguel Martinez ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communications; European Works Councils; Management; Networking; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001056975     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851997341315     Document Type: Article

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