The Slow and Agonising Death of the Australian Experiment with Conciliation and Arbitration

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 277-293

  Dabscheck, Braham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 84996236879     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1472-9296.00019     Document Type: Article

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