Private equity in the UK: Job regulation and trade unions

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-500

  Clark, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Take private'; Collective bargaining; Private equity business model; Trade unions; Transfer of undertakings

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449569222     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185609339514     Document Type: Article

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