What Has Happened to Strikes?

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-305

  Godard, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 79955846709     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2011.00853.x     Document Type: Article

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