Trade Unions and Small Firms: Is it Size that Counts?

Labour and Industry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 41-60

  Barrett, Rowena ^a   Buttigieg, Donna ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79958865138     PISSN: 10301763     EISSN: 23255676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10301763.1999.10669199     Document Type: Article

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