'Taken on board': An evaluation of the influence of employee board-level representatives on company decision-making across Europe

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-56

  Gold, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corporate governance; employee board level representation; employee participation; Europe; trade unions; works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952610582     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680110392276     Document Type: Article

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