Coalitions and community unionism: Using the term community to explore effective union-community collaboration

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 415-432

  Tattersall, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Communities; Organizational structures; Partnership; Trade unions; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249127911     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810810884821     Document Type: Article

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