Union power in China source, operation, and constraints

Modern China

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 662-689

  Chen, Feng ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ACFTU; Associational power; Union bureaucracies; Workplace unions

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; BUREAUCRACY; EMPOWERMENT; TRADE UNION; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 70350461512     PISSN: 00977004     EISSN: 15526836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0097700409344300     Document Type: Article

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