The Emergence of Industrial Relations in Regional Trade Blocks - A Comparative Analysis

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 256-281

  Kaminska, Monika Ewa ^a   Visser, Jelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 79955872326     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2010.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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