The social time of organizational payment systems

Time and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 45-62

  Bell, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annualized hours; Employment; Management; Payment systems; Time

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035532005     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X01010001003     Document Type: Article

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