A comparison of the effectiveness of unions and non-union works councils in Korea: Can non-union employee representation substitute for trade unionism?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1069-1093

  Kim, Dong One ^a   Kim, Hyun Ki ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b LG Economic Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Non union employee representation; Union; Works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242694544     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190410001677368     Document Type: Article

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