Work restructuring in post-apartheid South Africa

Work and Occupations

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 194-213

  Webster, Edward ^a   Omar, Rahmat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Call centers; Deep level mining; Democratic transition; Informalization of work; Work restructuring

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038673543     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888403251681     Document Type: Article

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