The roles and functions of shop stewards in workplace partnership: Evidence from the Republic of Ireland

Employee Relations

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-27

  Rittau, Yasmin ^a,b   Dundon, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Industrial relations; Ireland; Partnership; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949099429     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425451011002734     Document Type: Article

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