Agency and constraint: Call centre managers talk about their work

Developments in the Call Centre Industry: Analysis, Changes and Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 152-169

  Houlihan, Maeve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 49749133401     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203003008     Document Type: Chapter

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