Silent voices: Representation at the Eurotunnel call centre

Personnel Review

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 423-450

  Gollan, Paul J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Call centres; Employee representatives; Human resource strategies; Non unionism; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544483181     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480510599761     Document Type: Review

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