Workplace partnership and employee voice in the UK: Comparative case studies of union strategy and worker experience

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 593-620

  Danford, Andy ^a   Richardson, Michael ^a   Stewart, Paul ^a   Tailby, Stephanie ^a   Upchurch, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultation; Employee participation; High performance workplace; Partnership; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644442235     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05057503     Document Type: Review

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