Female part-time workers' attitudes to trade unions in Britain

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-68

  Walters, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036002142     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00222     Document Type: Article

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