The long goodbye: New establishments and the fall of union voice in Britain

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1318-1334

  Willman, Paul ^a   Bryson, Alex ^a   Gomez, Rafael ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Employer choice; Unions; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548437318     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701393863     Document Type: Article

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