The European cross-border dimension to collective bargaining in multinational companies

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-266

  Arrowsmith, James ^a   Marginson, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Industrial Relations ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Collective bargaining; European Works Councils; Europeanization; Industrial relations; Multinational companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749617411     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680106068912     Document Type: Article

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