Visible moves and invisible bodies: The case of teleworking in an Italian call centre

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-138

  Valsecchi, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALL CENTER; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MONITORING;

EID: 33745856539     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00168.x     Document Type: Article

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