'All that is solid?': Class, identity and the maintenance of a collective orientation amongst redundant steelworkers

Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 833-852

  MacKenzie, Robert ^a   Stuart, Mark ^a   Forde, Chris ^a   Greenwood, Ian ^a   Gardiner, Jean ^a,b   Perrett, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Collectivism; Identity; Occupational community; Redundancy; Steel

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749612865     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038506067509     Document Type: Article

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