'Switch on': Sensory work in the infantry

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-493

  Hockey, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Infantry; Occupations; Senses; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349464899     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017009337065     Document Type: Article

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