Global labour governance: Potential and limits of an emerging perspective

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 651-662

  Meardi, Guglielmo ^a   Marginson, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

global labour governance; globalization; regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907196545     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: 14698722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017014534007     Document Type: Article

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