Trade union growth and decline in Asia

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 431-461

  Kuruvilla, Sarosh ^a   Das, Subesh ^a   Kwon, Hyunji ^a   Kwon, Soonwon ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 0036025509     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00242     Document Type: Review

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