The diffusion of workplace voice and high-commitment human resource management practices in Britain, 1984-1998

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 395-426

  Bryson, Alex ^b   Gomez, Rafael ^c   Kretschmer, Tobias ^a   Willman, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; HUMAN RESOURCE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34447575697     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtm009     Document Type: Article

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