Enhancing employee voice: Are voluntary employer-employee partnerships enough?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 209-221

  Van Buren III, Harry J ^a   Greenwood, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consent; Employment; Partnerships; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749095903     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9489-y     Document Type: Review

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