What happened when the Americans took over Britain's electricity industry? Exploring trans-national sector effects on employment relations

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1625-1644

  Colling, Trevor ^a   Clark, Ian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Country of origin; Industrial relations; Multinationals; Privatization; Regulation; Sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749522213     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190600878469     Document Type: Article

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