Voice in the Wilderness? The Shift From Union to Non-Union Voice in Britain

The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gomez, Rafael ^a   Bryson, Alex ^a   Willman, Paul ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective representation; Institutionalized voice; Non union voice; Transaction cost economics; Union voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923482493     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207268.003.0016     Document Type: Chapter

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