Praising Caesar not burying him: What we know about employment relations in small firms

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 719-730

  Ram, Monder ^a   Edwards, Paul ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0346308575     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017003174006     Document Type: Review

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