Employee roles in governance: Contrasting the UK and German experience

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 16-28

  Lewis, Timothy J ^a   Machold, Silke ^b   Oxtoby, David ^b   Ahmed, P K ^b  

^a Robinia Calc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employee participation; Germany; Governance; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986031659     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1472700410558853     Document Type: Article

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