Routes to partial success: collaborative employment relations and employee engagement

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 915-930

  Townsend, Keith ^a   Wilkinson, Adrian ^a   Burgess, John ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

collaboration; employee engagement; mutual gains; partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891808006     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.743478     Document Type: Article

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