Worker agency and trade union renewal: The case of Poland

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 221-240

  Mrozowicki, Adam ^a   Pulignano, Valeria ^b   van Hootegem, Geert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Poland; Trade unions; Union activism; Union renewal; Worker agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954012947     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017010362143     Document Type: Article

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