Working space: Why incorporating the geographical is central to theorizing work and employment practices

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-264

  Herod, Andrew ^a   Rainnie, Al ^b   McGrath Champ, Susan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geographical scale; Geography of capitalism; Place; Socio spatial dialectic; Space; Spatial fix; Spatiality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249660652     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017007076633     Document Type: Article

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