The union makes us strong? A study of the dynamics of workplace union leadership at two UK manufacturing plants

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-93

  Greene, Anne Marie ^a   Black, John ^b   Ackers, Peter ^c  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034147840     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00152     Document Type: Article

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