Worker voice in the context of the re-regulation of employment: Employer tactics and statutory union recognition in the UK

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 617-634

  Perrett, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnographic; Recognition; Regulation; Union avoidance; Voice; Voluntarism

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248998836     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017007082873     Document Type: Article

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