The elephant in the room? class and creative careers in British advertising agencies

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1011-1039

  McLeod, Charlotte ^a   O'Donohoe, Stephanie ^a   Townley, Barbara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advertising; Collaborative working; Creative careers; Life histories; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949170849     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709335551     Document Type: Article

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