Between global and local: Eight European works councils in retrospect and prospect

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-568

  Huzzard, Tony ^a,b   Docherty, Peter ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

European Works Councils; Europeanization; Multinationals; Sweden; Transnational bargaining

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644457218     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X05057452     Document Type: Review

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