Exchange or covenant? The nature of the member-union relationship

Industrial Relations

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 855-873

  Snape, Ed ^a   Redman, Tom ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEACHING; TRADE UNION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 7644243229     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0019-8676.2004.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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