Social Capital and Union Revitalization: A Study of Worker Networks in the UK Audio-Visual Industries

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-286

  Saundry, Richard ^a   Stuart, Mark ^b   Antcliff, Valerie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84860915958     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2011.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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