Employee participation in Europe: In search of the participative workplace

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-76

  Poutsma, Erik ^a   Hendrickx, John ^b   Huijgen, Fred ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comparative research; Employee share ownership; Europe; Industrial democracy; Participation; Profit sharing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037316034     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X03024001599     Document Type: Review

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