Workplace innovations in large, unionized Canadian organizations

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 439-448

  Balkin, David B ^a   Tremblay, Michel ^a   Westerman, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovations; Labor relations; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035580143     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007822717297     Document Type: Article

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