Online social networking and trade union membership: What the Facebook phenomenon truly means for labor organizers

Labor History

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-53

  Bryson, Alex ^a   Gomez, Rafael ^b   Willman, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951175738     PISSN: 0023656X     EISSN: 14699702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00236561003654719     Document Type: Article

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