Disempowerment and resistance in the print industry? Reactions to surveilance-capable technology

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-61

  Button, Graham ^a   Mason, David ^a   Sharrock, Wes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR RELATIONS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 0037355854     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-005X.00110     Document Type: Article

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