State Regulation and the New Taylorism: The Case of Australian Grocery Warehousing

Relations Industrielles

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 747-767

  Lund, John ^a   Wright, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0346524680     PISSN: 0034379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/000105ar     Document Type: Article

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