The myth of mutuality? Employee perceptions of partnership at Borg Warner

Employee Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-43

  Suff, Rachel ^a   Williams, Steve ^b  

^a Industrial Relations Services   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Partnership; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248950621     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450410506887     Document Type: Article

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