"Otherwise you're on your own" : Unions and bargaining in Malaysian banking

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 333-348

  Peetz, David ^a   Todd, Patricia ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Banking; Industrial relations; Malaysia; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035602070     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000005571     Document Type: Article

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