Job satisfaction, union membership and collective bargaining

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-111

  García Serrano, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

collective bargaining; job satisfaction; unionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849148168     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680108100167     Document Type: Article

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