"An umbrella full of holes?" Corporate Restructuring, Redundancy and the Effectiveness of ICE Regulations

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-49

  Taylor, Phil ^a   Baldry, Chris ^b   Danford, Andy ^c   Stewart, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

European Union; Information and consultation of employees; Plant closure; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 66249107378     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/029537ar     Document Type: Article

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