Militant and moderate trade union orientations: What are the effects on workplace trade unionism, union-management relations and employee gains?

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 302-319

  Bacon, Nicolas ^a   Blyton, Paul ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Militancy; Mobilization; Moderation; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346106270     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190110102396     Document Type: Article

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