Trade Unions, Institutional Mediation and Industrial Safety: Evidence from the UK

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 211-225

  Nichols, Theo ^a   Walters, David ^a   Tasiran, Ali C ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

health and safety; trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990329968     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185607074919     Document Type: Article

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