When the good times are over: Professionals encountering new technology

Human Relations

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1145-1170

  Eriksson Zetterquist, Ulla ^a   Lindberg, Kajsa ^a   Styhre, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

E business; New technology; Professions; Skills; Work processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 69149097444     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: 1741282X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726709334879     Document Type: Article

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