From welfare to profit: The transformation of a trade union-owned firm

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-309

  Warhurst, Chris ^a   Darr, Asaf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Institutional configuration; Labour economy; Political economy; Trade union owned firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746065696     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X06063102     Document Type: Article

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