Nursing on the line: Experiences from England and Quebec (Canada)

Human Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-32

  Collin Jacques, Caroline ^b   Smith, Chris ^a  

^a ROYAL HOLLOWAY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Call centre; Cross national; Development logic; Industry formation; Nursing labour process; Occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 15744371187     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726705050933     Document Type: Article

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