Toxicity and the unconscious experience of the body at the employee-customer interface

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1223-1240

  Stein, Mark ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Customer; Employee; Toxicity; Unconscious

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250872793     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607079527     Document Type: Article

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