The good, the bad, and the ordinary: Work identities in "goodg" and "badg" jobs in the United Kingdom

Work and Occupations

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 26-55

  Sengupta, Sukanya ^a   Edwards, Paul K ^b   Tsai, Chin Ju ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Job quality; New economy; Small firms; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149485012     PISSN: 07308884     EISSN: 15528464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0730888408329222     Document Type: Article

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