Societal power shifts and changing social identities in South Africa: Workplace implications

South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-20

  Booysen, Lize ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

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EID: 60849084121     PISSN: 10158812     EISSN: 22223436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v10i1.533     Document Type: Article

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