A strategic choice-resource dependence analysis of union mergers in the British and Australian broadcasting and film industries

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 578-600

  Campling, John T ^b   Michelson, Grant ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032162314     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00110     Document Type: Article

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