Have industrial relations in the UK really improved?

Labour

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-398

  Drinkwater, Stephen ^a,b   Ingram, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 21044439819     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2005.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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