Broadcasting discontent - Freelancers, trade unions and the Internet

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-191

  Saundry, Richard ^a   Stuart, Mark ^b   Antcliff, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; INTERNET; TRADE UNION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EID: 34347379734     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2007.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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