Enhancing transnational labour solidarity: the unfulfilled promise of the Internet and social media

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Enhancing transnational labour solidarity: the unfulfilled promise of the Internet and social media. / Geelan, Torsten; Hodder, Andy .

In: Industrial Relations Journal, Vol. 48, No. 4, 2017, p. 345-364.

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Harvard

Geelan, T & Hodder, A 2017, 'Enhancing transnational labour solidarity: the unfulfilled promise of the Internet and social media', Industrial Relations Journal, vol. 48, no. 4, pp. 345-364. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12190

APA

Geelan, T., & Hodder, A. (2017). Enhancing transnational labour solidarity: the unfulfilled promise of the Internet and social media. Industrial Relations Journal, 48(4), 345-364. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12190

Vancouver

Geelan T, Hodder A. Enhancing transnational labour solidarity: the unfulfilled promise of the Internet and social media. Industrial Relations Journal. 2017;48(4):345-364. https://doi.org/10.1111/irj.12190

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Geelan, Torsten ; Hodder, Andy . / Enhancing transnational labour solidarity: the unfulfilled promise of the Internet and social media. In: Industrial Relations Journal. 2017 ; Vol. 48, No. 4. pp. 345-364.

Bibtex

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