Social movement unionism and social partnership in Germany: The case of Hamburg's hospitals

Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 602-624

  Greer, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL SECTOR; PRIVATIZATION; SOCIAL MOVEMENT; TRADE UNION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY];

EID: 51949116694     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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