Negotiating difference: Constructing selves and others in a transnational apparel manufacturing firm

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 623-644

  Feldman, Shelley ^a   Buechler, Stephanie ^b  

^a Warren Hall ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032350757     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1998.tb00521.x     Document Type: Article

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