Union disaffection and social identity: Democracy as a source of union revitalization

Work and Occupations

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 400-422

  Lévesque, Christian ^a,d   Murray, Gregor ^b,d   Le Queux, Stéphane ^c,d  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail

Author keywords

Democracy; Labor union; Social differentiation; Union renewal; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644431661     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888405279077     Document Type: Review

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