Why Join? Why Stay? Instrumentality, Beliefs, Satisfaction and Individual Decisions on Union Membership

The Economic and Labour Relations Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 123-148

  Peetz, David ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84993711350     PISSN: 10353046     EISSN: 18382673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103530469800900106     Document Type: Article

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