Union organizing as a mobilizing strategy: The impact of social identity and transformational leadership on the collectivism of union members

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 701-722

  Cregan, Christina ^a   Bartram, Timothy ^b   Stanton, Pauline ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

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EID: 70449502968     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00733.x     Document Type: Article

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