Health and safety reform: A review of four different approaches

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-376

  Harcourt, Mark ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0041104032     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002218569603800302     Document Type: Article

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