Industrial Relations Climate, Attendance Behaviour and the Role of Trade Unions

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 533-558

  Deery, Stephen ^a   Erwin, Peter ^a   Iverson, Roderick ^a  

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EID: 0033410511     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00141     Document Type: Article

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