The union side of downsizing: Investigating members' union attitudes

Job Insecurity, Union Involvement and Union Activism

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 117-134

  Hellgren, Johnny ^a   Sverke, Magnus ^a   Stjernstrom, Caroline ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ATK Arbetstagarkonsultation AB   (Sweden)

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