Transporting the European Social Partnership Model to Australia

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 217-256

  Gollan, Paul J ^a   Patmore, Glenn ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

employee participation; employee voice; social partnership; trade unions; works councils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992904979     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185606062832     Document Type: Article

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