Enterprise Bargaining Under the Workplace RelationsAct 1996 in Construction and Hospitality Small Businesses: A Comparative Study

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 475-489

  Cairncross, Grant ^a   Buultjens, Jeremy ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

construction and hospitality; enterprise bargaining; small business; Workplace RelationsAct (I996)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992813061     PISSN: 00198692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185606066140     Document Type: Article

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