Union effects on employee relations in Britain

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1111-1139

  Bryson, Alex ^a,b  

^a POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment relations; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744605668     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705058912     Document Type: Review

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