Recent changes in the industrial relations framework in the UK

International Handbook of Trade Unions

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 415-460

  Addison, John T ^a,b,c   Stanley Siebert, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^c IZA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84896148655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781781009574.00016     Document Type: Chapter

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