Minding the gap between employers and employees: The challenge for owner-managers of smaller manufacturing firms

Employee Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 523-539

  Marlow, Susan ^a   Patton, Dean ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Employees; Employers; Employment; Labour utilization; Small firms

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986146021     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450210443294     Document Type: Article

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