Can there be non-union forms of workplace partnership?

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-306

  Dietz, Graham ^a   Cullen, John ^b   Coad, Alan ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clothing; Non unionism; Organizational culture; Partnership; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744362672     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510591611     Document Type: Article

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