Information but not consultation: Exploring employee involvement in SMEs

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1279-1297

  Wilkinson, Adrian ^a   Dundon, Tony ^a   Grugulis, Irena ^a  

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Author keywords

Employee involvement; Employee voice; European Employee Information and Consultation Directive; Information and consultation; Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations (ICE); Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548388271     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701393798     Document Type: Article

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