The legitimacy of collective actors and trade union renewal

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-367

  Dufour, Christian ^a   Hege, Adelheid ^a  

^a IRES Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales   (France)

Author keywords

collective representation; legitimacy; Trade unions; union democracy; union renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997895909     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258910373865     Document Type: Article

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