'We're not banks': Exploring self-discipline, subjectivity and co-operative work

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-117

  Mangan, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Co operative work; Credit unions; Enterprise discourse; Power; Self discipline

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449096733     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726708099516     Document Type: Article

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