Union workers, union work: A profile of paid union officers in the United Kingdom

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-471

  Heery, Edmund ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33747154434     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2006.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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