The changing locus of workplace control in the English further education sector

Employee Relations

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 139-157

  Mather, Kim ^a   Worrall, Les ^b   Seifert, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Further education; Organizational change; Public sector organizations; Work identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849145635     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450910925292     Document Type: Article

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