The development of alternative voice mechanisms in Australia: The case of joint consultation

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-92

  Holland, Peter ^a   Pyman, Amanda ^b   Cooper, Brian K ^a   Teicher, Julian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee consultation; Employee involvement and participation; Employee voice; Labourg management cooperation; Non union employee representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849105517     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X08099434     Document Type: Article

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