Quality management and trade unions in local government – Demonstrating social partnership?

Employee Relations

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 442-466

  Roper, Ian ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Local government; Partnering; Quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986170699     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450010377579     Document Type: Article

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