Planning for change: Determinants of innovation in U.S. national unions

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 597-614

  Delaney, John T ^a   Jarley, Paul ^b   Fiorito, Jack ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001364108     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399604900402     Document Type: Article

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