Union organising in the "new economy" in Britain

Employee Relations

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 208-225

  Gall, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Industrial democracy; Trade unions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844422473     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450510572711     Document Type: Article

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