Inside the workplace: Findings from the 2004 workplace employment relations survey

Inside the Workplace: Findings from the 2004 Workplace Employment Relations Survey

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-388

  Kersley, Barbara ^a   Alpin, Carmen ^a   Forth, John ^b   Bryson, Alex ^c   Bewley, Helen ^c   Dix, Gill ^d   Oxenbridge, Sarah ^d  

^a Department of Trade and Industry ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c POLICY STUDIES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas)   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84909132021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203390115     Document Type: Book

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