Private equity in Australia

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-542

  Westcott, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Labour law; Labour management; Private equity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449574525     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185609339517     Document Type: Article

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