Globalization and trade union strategy: Industrial restructuring and human resource management in the international civil aviation industry

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 445-463

  Blyton, Paul ^b   Martínez Lucio, Miguel ^b   McGurk, John ^b   Turnbull, Peter ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Civil aviation; Globalization; Trade union strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007287158     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190122137     Document Type: Article

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