Antiunion and prounion attitudes as predictors of college students' willingness to join a union

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 661-681

  Lahuis, David M ^a   Mellor, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Union attitudes; Union membership; Willingness to join; Younger workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; RANDOMIZATION; STUDENT; TRADE UNION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 0035523298     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223980109603727     Document Type: Article

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