Exit, voice and loyalty reactions to job insecurity in Sweden: Do unionized and non-unionized employees differ?

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 167-182

  Sverke, Magnus ^a   Hellgren, Johnny ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0035531785     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00195     Document Type: Article

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