Who's the boss? A role-theoretic analysis of customer work

Work and Occupations

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 406-427

  Troyer, Lisa ^a   Mueller, Charles W ^a   Osinsky, Pavel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 0034238820     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888400027003007     Document Type: Article

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