Gender and diversity: Reshaping union democracy

Employee Relations

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-189

  Colgan, Fiona ^a   Ledwith, Sue ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Democracy; Gender; Trade unions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099481     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450210420901     Document Type: Article

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