Union decline and renewal in Australia and Britain: Lessons from closed shops

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 374-400

  De Turberville, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Change management; Democracy; Organizing; Union renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548579800     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X07079354     Document Type: Article

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