Never say never? Uncovering the never-unionized in the United States

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-52

  Booth, Jonathan E ^a   Budd, John W ^b   Munday, Kristen M ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 76749100828     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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