The emergene of institutionalised social dialogue South Africa

South African Journal of Economics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Parsons, Raymond ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac)

Author keywords

Consensus building; Nedlac; Negotiation; Public policy choices; Social capital; Social dialogue; Work place apartheid

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; NEGOTIATION PROCESS; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL POLICY; TRANSACTION COST; WORKPLACE;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247366378     PISSN: 00382280     EISSN: 18136982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1813-6982.2007.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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