Kindling activism? Union commitment and participation in the UK fire service

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 845-869

  Redman, Tom ^a   Snape, Ed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fire Brigades Union; Industrial relations climate; Union commitment; Union participation; Union renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543011362     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704045768     Document Type: Review

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