Deskilling in the 21st century: The case of rail privatisation

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 601-625

  Cole, Bart ^a   Cooper, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deskilling; Privatisation; Railway

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745117291     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2003.06.011     Document Type: Article

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