Contradictory Rights and Unintended Consequences: The Early Impact of the Employment Relations Act on the New Zealand Waterfront

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 508-524

  Barry, Michael ^a   Reveley, James ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84992849203     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1472-9296.00062     Document Type: Article

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