The establishment of enterprise works councils: Process and problems

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-90

  Rigby, Mike ^a,c   Contrepois, Sylvie ^a,c   O'Brien Smith, Fiona ^b  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Genre Travail et Mobilits   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Bargaining; codetermination; services; small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); start up; works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849144821     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680108100166     Document Type: Article

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