Employee representation and health and safety: A strategy for improving health and safety performance in small enterprises?

Employee Relations

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 180-195

  Walters, David ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84986101144     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425459810211331     Document Type: Review

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