What do unions do? - A management perspective

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 597-621

  McLennan, Kenneth ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

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EID: 33644773683     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-005-1001-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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