Works Councils:: The European Model of Industrial Democracy?

The Oxford Handbook of Participation in Organizations

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Gumbrell McCormick, Rebecca ^a   Hyman, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generalized systems; National institutions; Participation structures; Work related issues; Works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923511252     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199207268.003.0012     Document Type: Chapter

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