Socialization, yes. skill upgrading, probably. robust theory of the capitalist labour process, no

Organization Studies

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1369-1378

  Knights, David ^a   Willmott, Hugh ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Labour process; Skill; Socialization; Subjectivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547914093     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840607080746     Document Type: Article

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