Better the devil you know? An analysis of employers' bargaining preferences in the Australian hotel industry

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-44

  Knox, Angela ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Employer preferences; Employment regulation; Hotel industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349112778     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185608099663     Document Type: Article

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