Marching to Different Tunes: Commitment and Culture as Mobilizing Mechanisms of Trade Unions and Community Organizations

British Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 666-688

  Tapia, Maite ^a  

^a School of Industrial and Labor Relations   (United States)

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EID: 84887131807     PISSN: 00071080     EISSN: 14678543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8543.2012.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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