Union organizing in Britain: A survey of policy and practice

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 986-1007

  Heery, Edmund ^a   Simms, Melanie ^a   Delbridge, Rick ^a   Salmon, John ^a   Simpson, Dave ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Trade union; Union membership; Union organizing; Union recruitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001103051     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095851900422384     Document Type: Review

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