Regulation in Australian hotels: Is there a lesson for the UK?

Employee Relations

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-67

  Knox, Angie ^a   Nickson, Dennis ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Collective bargaining; Flexible labour; Hotel and catering industry; Trade unions; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845395304     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450710714478     Document Type: Article

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