The knowledge economy and the restructuring of employment: The case of consultants

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-341

  Donnelly, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consultants; Employment relationship; Knowledge economy; Knowledge work; Knowledge workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349305413     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017009102861     Document Type: Article

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