Preaching 'the gospel of efficiency': The promotion of ideas about profit-sharing and payment by results in Australia, 1915-29

Australian Historical Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 107, 1996, Pages 257-280

  Blackburn, Kevin ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 61449491795     PISSN: 1031461X     EISSN: 19405049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10314619608596013     Document Type: Review

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