Partnership and organizing: An empirical assessment of two contrasting approaches to union revitalization in the UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-27

  Badigannavar, Vidu ^a   Kelly, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

industrial relations; labour management cooperation; partnership; union organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751518247     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X10365925     Document Type: Article

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