Looking through the window of opportunity: The cultural cleansing of workplace identity

Sociology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-67

  Strangleman, Tim ^a   Roberts, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural change; Employment; Labour; Organisation change; Workplace interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033075962     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/S0038038599000036     Document Type: Article

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