Union mobilization: A consideration of the factors affecting the willingness of union members to take industrial action

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 248-267

  Buttigieg, Donna M ^a   Deery, Stephen J ^b   Iverson, Roderick D ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 41649088461     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2008.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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