Employer Strategies Towards Non-Union Collective Voice

The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gollan, Paul J ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Collective voice; Industrial relations; Management strategies; Non union employees; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923404031     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207268.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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