Can you hear us? the effectiveness of European Works Councils as a mechanism of employee voice for Hungarian workers of PrintCo

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-218

  Bailey, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Hungary; Multinational companies; Trade unions; Works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849101612     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910925337     Document Type: Article

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