The potential of employee involvement in the SE to foster the Europeanization of labour relations

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-191

  Stollt, Michael ^a   Kluge, Norbert ^b  

^a Employment and Social Policies Unit of the Research Department at the European Trade Union Institute   (United States)

^b ThyssenKrupp European Works Council   (United States)

Author keywords

co determination; employee involvement; employee participation; EU company law; European Company Societas Europaea (SE); European industrial relations; Europeanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856843993     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258911401408     Document Type: Article

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