Good intentions meet harsh realities: Social dialogue and precarious work in industrial cleaning

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Good intentions meet harsh realities : Social dialogue and precarious work in industrial cleaning. / Larsen, Trine Pernille; Mailand, Mikkel; Schulten, Thorsten.

In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Vol. 43, No. 1, 2021, p. 7-31.

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Harvard

Larsen, TP, Mailand, M & Schulten, T 2021, 'Good intentions meet harsh realities: Social dialogue and precarious work in industrial cleaning', Economic and Industrial Democracy, vol. 43, no. 1, pp. 7-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X19880265

APA

Larsen, T. P., Mailand, M., & Schulten, T. (2021). Good intentions meet harsh realities: Social dialogue and precarious work in industrial cleaning. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 43(1), 7-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X19880265

Vancouver

Larsen TP, Mailand M, Schulten T. Good intentions meet harsh realities: Social dialogue and precarious work in industrial cleaning. Economic and Industrial Democracy. 2021;43(1):7-31. https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X19880265

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Larsen, Trine Pernille ; Mailand, Mikkel ; Schulten, Thorsten. / Good intentions meet harsh realities : Social dialogue and precarious work in industrial cleaning. In: Economic and Industrial Democracy. 2021 ; Vol. 43, No. 1. pp. 7-31.

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