Unionization, Union Involvement and the Performance of Gainsharing Programs

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 304-329

  Kim, Dong One ^a,b   Voos, Paula B ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 1542569689     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/051168ar     Document Type: Article

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