The effects of national institutions and collective bargaining arrangements on job quality in front-line service workplaces

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-509

  Doellgast, Virginia ^a,d   Holtgrewe, Ursula ^b   Deery, Stephen ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b FORBA (Forschungs und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt)   (Austria)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 68149181596     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390906200402     Document Type: Review

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