Working at webboyz: An analysis of control over the software development labour process

Sociology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 777-794

  Barrett, Rowena ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Case study; Control; Labour process theory; Management strategy; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544247551     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038504045864     Document Type: Review

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