Women's groups in British unions

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 23-48

  Parker, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036002125     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00221     Document Type: Article

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