Negotiating as Institutional Work: The Case of Labour Standards and International Framework Agreements

Organization Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1073-1098

  Helfen, Markus ^a   Sydow, Jörg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; ILO; institutional change; institutional work; International Framework Agreements; labour relations; negotiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881175386     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840613492072     Document Type: Article

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