Workers' direct participation at the workplace and job quality in Europe

Journal of European Social Policy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Gonzalez, Maria C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Employee involvement; European policy; Indicators; Job quality; Workers' participation

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR RELATIONS; SOCIAL POLICY; WORKPLACE;

EUROPE;

EID: 77952165826     PISSN: 09589287     EISSN: 14617269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0958928709358792     Document Type: Article

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