Representation at Suncorp - What do the employees want?

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 268-286

  Gollan, Paul J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33745313873     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2006.00012.x     Document Type: Review

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