Union status and faculty job satisfaction: Contemporary evidence from the 2004 national study of postsecondary faculty

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 657-684

  Myers, Carrie B ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 80051508450     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2011.0028     Document Type: Article

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