Shop stewards as coordinators of employee-driven innovation: Implications for trade unions

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-196

  Rocha, Robson Sø ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Denmark; EDI; European trade union movement; shop stewards; trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998075610     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258910364306     Document Type: Article

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