Fairness - Up to a point. Assessing the impact of New Labour's employment legislation

Human Resource Management Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 338-356

  Dickens, Linda ^a   Hall, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33750448329     PISSN: 09545395     EISSN: 09545395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-8583.2006.00024.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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