Employment relations in SMEs

Employee Relations

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 206-217

  Wilkinson, Adrian ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human resource management; Industrial relations; Small firms; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986098692     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459910273062     Document Type: Review

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