High-involvement management practices, trade union representation and workplace performance in Britain

Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 451-491

  Bryson, Alex ^a   Forth, John ^b   Kirby, Simon ^b  

^a POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; TRADE UNION; WAGE; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 28144464472     PISSN: 00369292     EISSN: 14679485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00352.x     Document Type: Review

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