General feelings toward unions and employers as predictors of union voting intent

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 120-134

  Martinez, Arthur D ^a   Fiorito, Jack ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Feelings; Instrumentality; Union voting; Unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349213644     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-008-9053-2     Document Type: Article

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