The invisibility of violence: Constructing violence out of the job centre workplace in the UK

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 583-602

  Bishop, Vicky ^a   Korczynski, Marek ^b,c   Cohen, Laurie ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coping; Customers; Service; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645523607     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017005055671     Document Type: Review

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