The soft law of the covenant: Making governance instrumental

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 367-384

  Korver, Ton ^a,b   Oeij, Peter R A ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Work and Employment ^*  (Netherlands)

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EID: 27744597509     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680105057216     Document Type: Review

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