Beyond the boundaries: An ethnographic analysis of spatially diffuse control in a small firm

International Small Business Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 349-367

  Reveley, James ^a   Down, Simon ^b   Taylor, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control; Employee relations; Ethnography; Small firms; Space

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943069668     PISSN: 02662426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0266242604044304     Document Type: Article

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