The role of union strategies in NLRB certification elections

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-212

  Bronfenbrenner, Kate ^a  

^a and History   (United States)

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EID: 0000100928     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399705000201     Document Type: Article

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