No claim, no pain? the privatization of dispute resolution in Britain

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 555-579

  Colling, Trevor ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disciplinary procedures; Dispute resolution; Employment law; Employment tribunals; Grievance procedures

Indexed keywords

EID: 7444234851     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X04047159     Document Type: Article

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