The political economy of employee ownership in the United States: From economic democracy to industrial democracy?

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 127-147

  Blasi, Joseph R ^a   Kruse, Douglas L ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 33745571276     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906700500485762     Document Type: Review

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