Learning, knowing and controlling the stock: The nature of employee discretion in a supermarket chain

Journal of Education and Work

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-120

  Fuller, Alison ^a   Kakavelakis, Kostas ^b   Felstead, Alan ^b   Jewson, Nick ^b   Unwin, Lorna ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discretion; Knowing; Learning; Productive systems; Supermarkets; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449553342     PISSN: 13639080     EISSN: 14699435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13639080902854037     Document Type: Article

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