The survival of national bargaining in the electrical contracting industry: A deviant case?

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 249-267

  Gospel, Howard ^a   Druker, Jan ^a  

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EID: 0032368458     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00091     Document Type: Article

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