Anti-unionism, employer strategy, and the australian state, 1996 "2005

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-362

  Cooper, Rae ^a   Ellem, Bradon ^a   Briggs, Chris ^a   Van Den Broek, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti union legislation; Collective bargaining; HRM; Lockouts; Organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350025407     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X08319656     Document Type: Article

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