Breaking with, and breaking, 'partnership': The case of the postal workers and the Royal Mail in Britain

Partnership and Modernisation in Employment Relations

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 135-149

  Gall, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909081068     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203694381     Document Type: Chapter

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