Borrowing from Europe? Employers' views on associability and collective bargaining reform in the new South Africa

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 551-567

  Donnelly, Eddy ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporatism; Employer associability; Free riding; Industrial relations; Sectoral bargaining; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347122109     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190121902     Document Type: Article

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