Pressurised partnership: A case of perishable compromise in contested terrain

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 167-180

  Jenkins, Jean ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURING; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; TRADE UNION; WORKPLACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTH WALES; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 55149090098     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2008.00211.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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