Explaining the younger-older worker union density gap: Evidence from New Zealand

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-116

  Haynes, Peter ^a   Vowles, Jack ^a   Boxall, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 16644366593     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2005.00346.x     Document Type: Article

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