The restructuring of career paths in large service sector organizations: 'Delayering', upskilling and polarisation

Sociological Review

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 89-115

  Grimshaw, Damian ^a   Beynon, Huw ^a   Rubery, Jill ^a   Ward, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036487476     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.00356     Document Type: Article

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