Family-friendly practices and worker representation in Germany

Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-145

  Heywood, John S ^a,b   Jirjahn, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARGAINING; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR STANDARD; TRADE UNION; WORKPLACE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 57749097362     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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