We get by with a little help from our unions: Psychological contract violations and downsizing

Job Insecurity, Union Involvement and Union Activism

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 135-155

  Sverke, Magnus ^a   Hellgren, Johnny ^a   Naswall, Katharina ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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