Union impact on the effective adoption of High Performance Work Practices

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-50

  Gill, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

High Performance Work Practices; Partnership; Unions; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 58249086343     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2008.08.002     Document Type: Article

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