Partnership and the development of trust in british workplaces

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-24

  Dietz, Graham ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 17744380322     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 17488583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2004.tb00109.x     Document Type: Article

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