Accommodating global capitalism? State policy and industrial relations in American MNCs in Ireland

Wages, Employment, Distribution and Growth: International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 86-108

  Gunnigle, Patrick ^a   Collings, David G ^b,c   Morley, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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EID: 84990365522     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230371781     Document Type: Chapter

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