Beyond commodification: Re-reading the future of work

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Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 329-337

  Williams, Colin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitalist systems; Market economy; Social economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144264745     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636680410569849     Document Type: Review

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