Industrial relations climate and staff attitudes in the fire service: A case of union renewal?

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-45

  Redman, Tom ^a   Snape, Ed ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Employee attitudes; England; Fire services; Industrial relations; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344445059     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610633046     Document Type: Article

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