Whatever happened to social dialogue? From partnership to managerialism in the EU employment Agenda

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-25

  Gold, Michael ^a   Cressey, Peter ^b,d   Léonard, Evelyne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European employment strategy; Managerialism; Open method of coordination; Social dialogue; Social partners

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846970502     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107073963     Document Type: Article

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