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One opportunity of antiwork: Bringing unions (back) to the I-O table

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2024

Denise Vesper Open the ORCID record for Denise Vesper [Opens in a new window] ,
Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska ,
Cornelius J. König Open the ORCID record for Cornelius J. König [Opens in a new window] ,
David Martínez-Iñigo ,
Magnus Sverke  and
Michael J. Zickar
Denise Vesper*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
Joanna Grzymala-Moszczynska
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Cornelius J. König
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany
David Martínez-Iñigo
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, King Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain
Magnus Sverke
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Michael J. Zickar
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, USA
*
Corresponding author: Denise Vesper; Email: denise.vesper@uni-saarland.de
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Industrial and Organizational Psychology , Volume 17 , Issue 1 , March 2024 , pp. 70 - 74
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The order of authors 2 to 6 was determined based on the alphabetical order of the last names. All authors 2 to 6 have contributed equally to this commentary.

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