Union commitment types and union activist involvement: Lessons for union organizers and labor educators?

Labor Studies Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 66-83

  Heshizer, Brian ^a   Lund, John ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; Labor education; Organizing; psychology; Rand and file; Union commitment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346975111     PISSN: 0160449X     EISSN: 15389758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0160449X9702200204     Document Type: Article

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