Multinational corporations, employers’ associations and trade union exclusion strategies in the German fast-food industry

Employee Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 437-460

  Royle, Tony ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fast food industry; Germany; Industrial relations; Multinationals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077427     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450210435563     Document Type: Article

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