The potential and precariousness of partnership: The case of the kaiser permanente labor management partnership

Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-65

  Kochan, Thomas A ^a,b,c,d   Adler, Paul S ^a,b,c,d   McKersie, Robert B ^a,b,c,d   Eaton, Adrienne E ^a,b,c,d   Segal, Phyllis ^a,b,c,d   Gerhart, Paul ^a,b,c,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMLR Labor Studies and Employment Relations   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR RELATIONS; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049051226     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00503.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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