Trade union presence and employer-provided training in Great Britain

Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 520-545

  Böheim, René ^a   Booth, Alison L ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; TRADE UNION; TRAINING; WAGE DETERMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 3242795990     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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