The contents of partnership agreements in Britain 1990-2007

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 430-448

  Samuel, Peter ^a   Bacon, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

industrial relations; mutual gains; New Labour; partnership; Third Way; trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957232101     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010371646     Document Type: Article

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