Comparing youth and adult desire for unionization in Canada

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 542-519

  Gomez, Rafael ^a,b   Gunderson, Morley ^a,b   Meltz, Noah ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0036025512     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8543.00245     Document Type: Review

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