An analysis of industrial-organizational psychology's indifference to labor unions in the United States

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 145-167

  Zickar, Michael J ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of applied psychology; History of the social sciences; Labor unions; Research bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942525906     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704042925     Document Type: Article

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