Swimming against the tide: Social partnership, mutual gains and the revival of 'tired' HRM

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 410-424

  Martínez Lucio, Miguel ^a   Stuart, Mark ^b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HRM; Mutual gains; Partnership; Regulation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE; LABOR RELATIONS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 12144291712     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958519032000158581     Document Type: Article

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