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The effect of unions on the innovative behaviour of firms in Canada
Author(s) -
Betcherman Gordon
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
industrial relations journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.525
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1468-2338
pISSN - 0019-8692
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2338.1991.tb00633.x
Subject(s) - technological change , affect (linguistics) , sample (material) , business , survey data collection , labour economics , economics , economic system , economic geography , sociology , macroeconomics , chemistry , statistics , mathematics , communication , chromatography
Survey data on a sample of Canadian establishments are used to examine the influence of unions on technological change. The analysis indicates that unionism is not a significant determinant of the rate of technological change. However, union presence does appear to affect the way in which innovation takes place.