Welcome to the house of fun: Work space and social identity

Economic and Industrial Democracy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 150-172

  Baldry, Chris ^a   Hallier, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Commitment; Labour process; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749151667     PISSN: 0143831X     EISSN: 14617099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143831X09351215     Document Type: Article

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