Can organizing work? An inductive analysis of individual attitudes toward union membership

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 282-304

  Cregan, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 14644445977     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390505800207     Document Type: Article

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