Company and union commitment: Evidence from an adversarial industrial relations climate at a Korean auto plant

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1463-1480

  Lee, Jiman ^a  

^a Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Marketing   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adversarial industrial relations climate; Company commitment; Korean auto plant; New management practices; Union commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144263660     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519042000258039     Document Type: Article

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