Employee participation at the workplace: Capitalist control or worker freedom?

Critical Sociology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-103

  Markowitz, Linda ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

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EID: 0037754471     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089692059602200205     Document Type: Article

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