‘New’ Production Concepts: Implications for Union Strategy

Labour and Industry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-143

  Wilson, Bruce ^a   Ewer, Peter ^a  

^a Union Research Centre on Organisation and Technology   (United States)

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EID: 79958743166     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1996.10669164     Document Type: Article

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