Union competition and strikes: The need for analysis at the sector level

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 445-459

  Akkerman, Agnes ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 48749123961     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979390806100401     Document Type: Article

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