The problem of identity and trust in European works councils

Employee Relations

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-25

  Timming, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Human resource management; Industrial relations; Trust; Works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344453899     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450610633037     Document Type: Article

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