What do unions do to the workplace? Union effects on management and HRM policies

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-449

  Verma, Anil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 24144442714     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-005-1013-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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