The contemporary industrial relations system in construction: Analysis, observations and speculations

Labor History

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 447-471

  Weil, David ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27344448253     PISSN: 0023656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00236560500266258     Document Type: Article

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