When can an employee refuse unsafe work and expect to be protected from discipline? Evidence from Canada

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 684-703

  Harcourt, Mark ^a   Harcourt, Sondra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0039381846     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390005300407     Document Type: Article

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