Employee involvement programs: Should unions get involved?

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 557-569

  Reshef, Yonatan ^a   Kizilos, Mark ^a   Ledford Jr , Gerald E ^b   Cohen, Susan G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0040441362     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-999-0021-2     Document Type: Article

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