The global financial crisis and employment relations

The Future of Employment Relations: New Paradigms, New Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 192-214

  Peetz, David ^a   Le Queux, Stephane ^b   Frost, Ann ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 84877878319     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230349421     Document Type: Chapter

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