Unionization and Profitability in the Canadian Manufacturing Sector

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 756-776

  Laporta, Pasquale ^a   Jenkins, Alexander W ^b  

^a University of Alberta ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 1842450605     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/051134ar     Document Type: Article

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