Contested communities: Geo-histories of unionism

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 433-450

  Ellem, Bradon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Communities; Globalization; Labour; Mining; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249127182     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810810884830     Document Type: Article

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