Short-term union merger effects on member attitudes and behaviour

The Future of Trade Unionism: International Perspectives on Emerging Union Structures

Volumn , Issue , 2019, Pages 347-360

  Sverke, Magnus ^a   Sjoberg, Anders ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

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EID: 85082273648     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780429435652-24     Document Type: Chapter

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