Braverman, Foucault and the labor process: Framing the current high-skills debate

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-415

  Lewis, Theodore ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; High skills; Intensification of labor; Labor process; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849154134     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080701814315     Document Type: Article

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