Client, employer and employee: Mapping a complex triangulation

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 257-276

  Havard, Christelle ^a   Rorive, Brigitte ^b   Sobczak, André ^c  

^a BURGUNDY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c AUDENCIA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Case studies; Client; Labour relations; Power; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349538838     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680109339406     Document Type: Article

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