Temporary workers and direct voting systems for workers' representation

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 505-535

  Malo, Miguel Á ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fixed term contracts; Outsiders; Union elections; Unions; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845521639     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X06065966     Document Type: Article

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