IT professionals and organisational ascendancy: Theory and empirical critique

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 154-169

  Rose, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POWER RELATIONS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0036862963     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-005X.00102     Document Type: Article

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