Non-union employee representation: Exploring the efficacy of the voice process

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 272-288

  Butler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee representatives; Industrial relations; Joint consultations; Non unionism; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 17744379582     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510591602     Document Type: Article

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