Understanding union power: Resources and capabilities for renewing union capacity

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 333-350

  Lévesque, Christian ^a   Murray, Gregor ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

deliberative vitality; framing; globalization; learning; power resources; strategic capabilities; Union power; union renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84998014172     PISSN: 10242589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1024258910373867     Document Type: Article

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