'Remember I'm the bloody architect!' Architects, organizations and discourses of profession

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 775-796

  Cohen, Laurie ^a,c   Wilkinson, Adrian ^a,c   Arnold, John ^a,c   Finn, Rachael ^b,d  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architect; Discourse; Profession

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844478374     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005058065     Document Type: Review

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