Subtle but deadly? union avoidance through "double breasting"among multinational companies

Advances in Industrial and Labor Relations

Volumn 16, Issue , 2009, Pages 51-73

  Gunnigle, Patrick ^a   Lavelle, Jonathan ^a   McDonnell, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

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EID: 77649322805     PISSN: 07426186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0742-6186(2009)0000016006     Document Type: Article

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