The migration of bureaucracy: Contracting and the regulation of labour in the telecommunications industry

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 599-616

  MacKenzie, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bureaucracy; Contract; Hierarchy; Regulation; Subcontracting; Telecommunications; Transactions costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036925944     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095001702321587389     Document Type: Article

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