Women, power and trade union government in the UK

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 343-360

  Healy, Geraldine ^a   Kirton, Gill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034335459     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00168     Document Type: Article

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