'Thinking outside the box'? Trade union organizing strategies and polish migrant workers in the United Kingdom

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 131-150

  Fitzgerald, Ian ^a   Hardy, Jane ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76749154620     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2009.00761.x     Document Type: Article

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